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buy

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forMmani.

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbyen, fromOld Englishbycġan(“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), fromProto-West Germanic*buggjan, fromProto-Germanic*bugjaną(“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps fromProto-Indo-European*bʰūgʰ-(“to bend”), or fromProto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-(“to take away, deliver”).

Cognate withScotsbuy(“to buy, purchase”), obsoleteDutchbeugen(“to buy”),Old Saxonbuggian,buggean(“to buy”),Old Norsebyggja(“to build, settle”),Gothic𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽(bugjan,“to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.

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buy (third-person singular simple presentbuys,present participlebuying,simple pastbought,past participleboughtor(archaic, rare, dialectal)boughten)

  1. (transitive, ditransitive) Toobtain (something) inexchange for money or goods.
    Who'd Fatherbuy the car for? Hebought it for me, not for you.
  2. (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
    I'vebought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
    You justbought yourself an assault charge!
  3. (transitive, archaic) Tosufferconsequences for (something) through beingdeprived of something; topay for (something one has done).
  4. (transitive) Tobribe.
    He tried tobuy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
    • 2025 May 20, Tal Axelrod, “MAGA faithful grow frustrated with Trump's Justice Department”, inAxios‎[1]:
      After Bongino reiterated that Epstein killed himself, he was flooded with responses of disbelief. "WHO hasbought the both of you?" one X user asked of Bongino and Patel, referencing the Fox News interview.
  5. (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
    The dollar doesn'tbuy as much as it used to.
  6. (transitive, informal) toaccept as true; tobelieve
    Synonym:swallow
    I'm not going tobuy your stupid excuses anymore!
    • 2020,Akwaeke Emezi,The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page201:
      People like to say that dead people look asleep, and maybe she would havebought that under different circumstances.
  7. (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, totreat (for a drink, meal or gift)
    Shebuys for Federated.
    Let's go out for dinner. I'mbuying.
  8. (pokerslang, transitive) To make abluff, usually a large one.
    Smith tried tobuy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.

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Conjugation ofbuy
infinitive(to)buy
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularbuybought
2nd-personsingularbuyest2bought,boughtest2
3rd-personsingularbuys,buyeth2bought
pluralbuybought
subjunctivebuybought
imperativebuy—
participlesbuyingbought,boughten2

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Terms derived frombuy (verb)

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Translations

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to obtain something with money
to accept as true
to treat
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Noun

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buy (pluralbuys)

  2. Something which is bought; apurchase.
    At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a greatbuy.

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Translations

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purchase—seepurchase

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Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishbuy.

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buy

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) toaccept (anidea)

Scots

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishbycgan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (unstressed)[bəi],(stressed)[baɪ]

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buy (third-person singular simple presentbuys,present participlebuyin,simple past and past participlebocht)

  1. buy

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buy

  1. length

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Etymology

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Related toguy(“baobab tree”).

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buy (definite formbuybi)

  1. baobabfruit
  2. sweetdrink made of this fruit by adding water, sugar, milk, and other ingredients
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