different between buy vs aby

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)

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
3. (transitive) To bribe.

4. (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.

5. (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe

6. (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)

7. (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)

1. 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

1. length

Wolof

Noun

buy

1. A baobab fruit.

English

Alternative forms

• abigg, abegge (obsolete)
• abye
• abuy

Etymology

From Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ?by??an (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjan?, equivalent to a- +? buy. Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbugjan).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??ba?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

aby (third-person singular simple present abys, present participle abying, simple past and past participle abought)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy. [12th-16th c.]
2. (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends. [from 12th c.]
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone. [12th-16th c.]
4. (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer. [from 12th c.]
5. (intransitive, obsolete) Endure; remain. [14th-16th c.]
6. (transitive, obsolete, now limited to Scotland) Endure; experience; tolerate. [from 16th c.]

Usage notes

• Aby and abide became confused with each other for a period of time.

Synonyms

• (to pay for): purchase, procure; See also Thesaurus:buy
• (to pay the penalty for): make amends, make up
• (to pay the penalty): atone, expiate, propitiate
• (to pay as penalty): suffer, sustain
• (to endure): go on, hold on; See also Thesaurus:persist
• (to tolerate): brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate

Related terms

• abide

References

Anagrams

• Bay, YBA, bay

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ab?]

Conjunction

aby

1. so that, in order to, so

Related terms

• abych
• abychom
• abys
• abyste

Further reading

• aby in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• aby in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Univerbation of až (“that”) +? by (“would”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab?/

Verb

aby (defective, invariable)

1. that… would

Further reading

• aby in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• aby in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.b?/

Conjunction

aby

1. to, in order to, so that

   Synonyms: by, ?eby, a?eby

Further reading

• aby in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• aby in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ba?/

Adverb

aby (comparative mair aby, superlative maist aby)

1. (Doric) ago, past