Antonyms for buy
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪ |
Definition of buy
Origin :- Old English bycgan (past tense bohte) "to buy, pay for, acquire; redeem, ransom; procure; get done," from Proto-Germanic *bugjanan (cf. Old Saxon buggjan, Old Norse byggja, Gothic bugjan), of unknown origin, not found outside Germanic.
- The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in Old English and Middle English with a -dg- sound as "budge," or "bidge." Meaning "believe, accept as true" first recorded 1926. Related: Bought; buying. To buy time "prevent further deterioration but make no improvement" is attested from 1946.
- noun something purchased
- verb purchase
- verb bribe
- Would you mind selling it to me if I will give you money enough to buy a new one?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Winter was near and he had no money to buy cloaks for his children.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- You know I do not care about money, except just to buy my clothes and things.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- There, some are tempted to buy; and some repent of having bought.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- She can't do it, and buy food and clothes, and pay room-rent and carfare.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The business proposed was to buy a tract of land, and subdivide it.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "It'll buy the old lady what she wants for the house, anyhow," he said.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- And he thought that, if it were to go very cheap, perhaps Rico could buy it.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Could buy out old Scragmore a thousand times, and never feel it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I'm going to buy our supplies at that house, Stilly, if you have no objections.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for buy
- acquire
- acquisition
- bargain
- bargain for
- barter for
- closeout
- contract for
- corrupt
- deal
- fix
- get
- get in exchange
- go shopping
- good deal
- grease palm
- have
- invest in
- investment
- land
- lubricate
- market
- obtain
- oil palm
- pay for
- procure
- purchase
- ransom
- reach
- redeem
- score
- secure
- shop for
- sign for
- sop
- square
- steal
- suborn
- take
- tamper
- value
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