buy
Pronunciation: /baɪ/
The English word “buy” has 9 meanings listed here.
verb
- To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
- To bribe.
- To be equivalent to in value.
- to accept as true; to believe
- To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- To make a bluff, usually a large one.
noun
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. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”). Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch…
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