Definition of Buy

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buy
v. purchase, obtain by paying money
n. purchase; something purchased at a cheap price

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Buy Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Buy
To purchase an asset; taking a long position.

BASSAM Trade, Real Estate, Mortgage, Fund,Invest, Insurance,& Tax,Terms/abbreviations/defin.
Buy
A transaction type for the purchase of a security. A buy creates an open lot which is part of a holding of a given security that you currently own. Buy(s) is also a filter for displaying only buy transactions.

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BYCC
BUY IT CHEAP.COM INC
Exchange: OTCBB
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Buy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Buy
(v. t.)
To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
  
(v. t.)
To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
  
(v. i.)
To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
  

WordNet 2.0
buy

Noun
1. an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
(synonym) bargain, steal
(hypernym) purchase
(hyponym) song

Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) purchase
(antonym) sell
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) buy back, repurchase
(entail) pay
(see-also) stock, buy in
(derivation) bargain, steal
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
2. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
(synonym) bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms
(hypernym) pay
(hyponym) sop
(classification) crime, law-breaking
3. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
(hypernym) get, acquire
4. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
(hypernym) believe
5. be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) purchase
(derivation) bargain, steal

Australian Slang
Buy
1. bargain: "a good buy"; "the buy of the century"; 2. purchasing of goods: "I was out on a buy this morning"; 3. accept (something untrue, dishonest, dubious, etc.): "Do you think he'll buy the idea?"

Buy into
choose to become involved in: "buy into an argument"

Buy it
die: "He bought it at Bathurst"

Shit stinks, eggs don't bounce and you can't buy generals in a general store
answer to the question "Whaddya know?"

GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
BUY
ACCEPT,BELEIVE
EG:Let's pick away at one of your favorite bones, the American media. Some say they have done a better-than-usual job since 9/11. But I suspect you're not buying that

hEnglish - advanced version
buy

buy
\buy\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. bought (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. buying (&?;).] [oe. buggen, buggen, bien, as. bycgan, akin to os. buggean, goth. bugjan.]
1. to acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell. buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. franklin.
2. to acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain. buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. xxiii. 23.


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 buy at 
 buy out 
 buy food 
 buy in 
 buy off 
 buy up 
 buy or sow 
 buy the farm 
 to buy the refusal 
 to buy on credit 
 to buy out 
 to buy again 
 impulse-buy 
 to buy in 
 to buy off 

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
buy
ceannaigh, ceannuigh
I buy: ceannaím
bribe: breabaim

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Marchnadu
Marchnadu = v. to market, to buy at market

Prynu
Prynu = v. to take hold; to buy; to redeem


Buy Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

Computer Abbreviations v1.5
BUY
Movie Data File


Buy Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
buy
redimo

buy./ take for granted
sumo

make good buy
reparo


Buy Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Buy (v.)
mahr-tor

English - Klingon
buy
v. je'

Klingon - English
buy'
v. be full, be filled up


Buy Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

A Basic Guide to ASL
Buy
The upturned right hand, grasping some imaginary bills, is brought down into the upturned left palm, and then the right hand moves forward and up in a small arc, opening up as it does.


Buy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Buy
Buy may refer to:
  • Trade, voluntary exchange of goods, services, or both
  • Buy (town), a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia

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