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buy
English
Etymology
From Middle English bien, biggen, buggen, from Old English byc?an (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjan? (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b??g?- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *b?eug?- (“to take away, deliver”).
Cognate with Scots by (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to procure a wife, lend at interest, let out”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /a?/ is from the East Midlands.
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?, IPA(key): /ba?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: bi, bye, by
Verb
buy (third-person singular simple present buys, present participle buying, simple past bought, past participle bought or (rare, dialectal) boughten)
- (transitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
- 1793, Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- 1793, Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
- (transitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
Alternative forms
- buie (archaic)
Synonyms
- (obtain in exchange for money): cheap (obsolete), purchase
- (accept as true): accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on
- ((intransitive) make a purchase): make a buy
Antonyms
- (obtain in exchange for money): cheap (obsolete), sell, vend
- (accept as true): disbelieve, reject, pitch
Derived terms
Related terms
- aby
Translations
Noun
buy (plural buys)
- Something which is bought; a purchase.
Antonyms
- sale
Derived terms
- buydown
- buyout
- impulse buy
Translations
References
- buy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- buy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- BYU
Tatar
Noun
buy
- length
Wolof
Noun
buy
- A baobab fruit.
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abuy
English
Verb
abuy (third-person singular simple present abuys, present participle abuying, simple past and past participle abought)
- Alternative form of aby
Anagrams
- Ayub, Yuba, yabu, yuba
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