Found 4 items, similar to buy.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: buy
membeli
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: buy
beli, berbelanja, membeli, menyogok, pembelian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: buy
buy
n : an advantageous purchase;
“she got a bargain at the
auction”;
“the stock was a real buy at that price” [syn:
bargain,
steal]
[also:
bought]
buy
v 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” [syn:
purchase] [ant:
sell]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or
influence;
“This judge can be bought” [syn:
bribe,
corrupt,
grease one's palms]
3: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange;
“She wanted to
buy his love with her dedication to him and his work”
4: accept as true;
“I can't buy this story”
5: be worth or be capable of buying;
“This sum will buy you a
ride on the train”
[also:
bought]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Buy
Buy
\Buy\, v. i.
To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
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I will buy with you, sell with you. --Shak.
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Buy
\Buy\ (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bought (b[add]t); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Buying (b[imac]"[i^]ng).] [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.
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Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou
wilt sell thy necessaries. --B. Franklin.
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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.
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Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and
instruction, and understanding. --Prov. xxiii.
23.
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To buy again. See
Againbuy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To buy off.
(a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield
by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.
(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. --Shak.
(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.
(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 (of anything), to give a consideration
for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future
time.
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