- buying, purchasing - the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
--1 is a kind of purchase
--1 has particulars:shopping; mail-order buying, catalog buying; viatication, viaticus Derived form: verb buy1
- buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
--1 is one way to get, acquire
Antonyms: sell
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun buy1, noun buyer1, noun buying1
The children buy the ball
- bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
--2 is one way to pay
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot buy Sue
- buy - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
--3 is one way to get, acquire
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- buy - accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
--4 is one way to believe
Sample sentence:
They won't buy the story
- buy - be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
--5 is one way to be
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun buy1
Something ----s something
- buy - accept as true; "I can't buy this story"