buy
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
Verb 4 meanings
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
“Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.”
To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
“I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.”
To bribe.
“He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.”
To be equivalent to in value.
“The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.”
Noun 1 meaning
Something which is bought; a purchase.
“At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.”
Etymology
From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin.
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BUY at a glance
BUY has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + Y 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #450 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with buy
All rhymes- REBUY10
- OVERBUY15
- OUTBUY11
- PREBUY13
- UNDERBUY14
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