different between buy vs buz

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

Noun

buz (plural buzzes)

1. Obsolete form of buzz.
   • 1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Chapter 25.

     As soon as a general buz gave him shelter, he added, in a low voice directed at Fanny, [...]

   • 1831, James Rennie, Insect Architecture: Volume 3 (page 90)

     The buz of flies has been found no less difficult to explain than the hum of bees.

Verb

buz (third-person singular simple present buzzes, present participle buzzing, simple past and past participle buzzed)

1. Obsolete form of buzz.

Anagrams

• Uzb.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b??.

Noun

buz (definite accusative buzu, plural buzlar)

1. ice

Declension

Breton

Noun

buz m

1. victory

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b??.

Noun

buz

1. ice

Declension

Gagauz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b??.

Noun

buz (definite accusative buzu, plural buzlar)

1. ice

Declension

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish buz.

Noun

buz (Latin spelling)

1. ice

Derived terms

• buzyera

Adjective

buz (Latin spelling)

1. icy

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (buz), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *b??. Compare Mongolian ??? (mös, “ice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?buz/
• Hyphenation: buz

Noun

buz (definite accusative buzu, plural buzlar)

1. ice

Declension

Derived terms

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b??.

Noun

b?z (definite accusative buzy, plural buzlar)

1. ice

Declension