noun
definition
Something which is bought; a purchase.
example
At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.
verb
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To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
example
I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.
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To obtain by some sacrifice.
example
I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
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To bribe.
example
He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
definition
To be equivalent to in value.
example
The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
definition
To accept as true; to believe
example
I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
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To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
example
Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.
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To make a bluff, usually a large one.
example
Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff
Examples of buy in a Sentence
I decided to buy it.
Most people buy Apple TV, but a few buy the Roku XDS Streaming Player.
Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
Then he added, Maybe I can buy my old costume.
They ask friends just old enough to buy it for them.
Money couldn't buy what we have.
Father will buy me a lovely new watch.
And why buy two pints when a larger bottle would be cheaper?
I should get rid of this and buy something a little more feminine.
I mean it wasn't like we didn't have the money to buy clothes or anything like that.
He wasn't going to buy it.
So you were trying to buy the ranch.
I want to buy it.
Should he buy candy?
Finally, when the poor see their income shrink while the income of the rich rises, they will buy into the system less.
I think I shall not buy greedily, but go round and round it as long as I live, and be buried in it first, that it may please me the more at last.
And here's the little shop where we used to buy gingerbread!
The restaurant allows you an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet, so instead of trying to determine what kind of sushi roll you want to buy, you can sample a wide assortment of sushi.
I told Bordeaux if he wanted to buy it, he'd have to talk to you.
You went through all of that just to buy this little ranch?
The book was the size of a paperback she'd buy at an airport but had to weigh fifty pounds.
Now maybe you can buy your own Fat Tire Ale.
She spent a minute thinking over how she'd seen human-Deidre buy things.
Let those who wish any corn bring money and buy it.
This makes sense, so she spends her last $2000 in savings to buy ads.
Maybe he's waiting to see if we buy her story or the tip that mentioned his facial hair.
Or just buy one in Santa Barbara, Howie.
He stopped by the auction—kinda waved, like he was campaigning—but he didn't buy anything.
Jackson stood close enough to hear the conversation, and as soon as the moron committed to buy a watercolor; he approached Elisabeth, put his arms around her and said, Darling, the caterer needs to see you for a minute.
She'd buy the pizza and have it delivered if they would bring her some.
If I want to sunbathe, I should buy appropriate clothing.
The Police didn't buy it and both were arrested, thereby renewing Howie's credibility.
He offered to buy the food if I cooked the next week, I agreed.
Finally he said, "I told him to buy a couple of bottles of vodka and drink them himself."
They could afford to buy him a horse of his own, but he would learn more this way.
Buy a bikini and model for him.
I'd rather just buy some chicks and put them under her.
They had a journey to make together before they were in a functional relationship, but they'd never have that chance, if he didn't find a way to buy them all time.
He spent most of his time anymore in the shadow world, except when forced out by Death or called out by someone who wanted to buy an assassination.
Death dealers don't work for anyone really, just Death, though I do buy assassinations from him on occasion.
Buy assassinations, like he was ordering a new couch for his study.
He's letting me buy your gown for tomorrow, so you might as well be nice to him.
I'll buy it from whoever owns it.
I buy something because I have certain assumptions about how much happiness it will bring me.
No one's looking for her, but she won't buy it.
That's one more thing we won't have to buy.
It's not like there's a long line waiting to buy that stuff.
I can buy my own drink, thank you.
He could buy an assassination, but part of him preferred the idea of handling family matters within the family.
Two ladies are flying all the way from Boston to buy some old underwear, a yellow dress and a bunch of junk?