Buy

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Bought (bạt); p. pr. & vb. n. Buying (bī"ĭng).] Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. - B. 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. - Prov. xxiii. 23. To buy again See Againbuy. To buy off a - To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. - Chaucer. b - To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party. To buy out a - To buy off, or detach from. b - To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. - Shak. c - To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business. To buy in to purchase stock in any fund or partnership. To buy on credit to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day. To buy the refusal to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.
v. i.	1.	To negotiate or treat about a purchase. I will buy with you, sell with you. - Shak.

Noun	1.	buy - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" Synonyms: steal, bargain
Verb	1.	buy - 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" Synonyms: purchase Antonyms: sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
	2.	buy - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" Synonyms: bribe, grease one's palms, corrupt
	3.	buy - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
	4.	buy - accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
	5.	buy - be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

TO BUY. To purchase. Vide Sale.

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