buy

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: bargain steal purchase bribe corrupt grease one's palms

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

an advantageous purchase“she got a bargain at the auction”“the stock was a real buy at that price”Synonyms: bargain steal

Verb (5)

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
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence“This judge can be bought”Synonyms: bribe corrupt grease one's palms
be worth or be capable of buying“This sum will buy you a ride on the train”
acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange“She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work”
accept as true“I can't buy this story”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Buy \Buy\, v. i. To negotiate or treat about a purchase. [1913 Webster]

I will buy with you, sell with you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.— B. Franklin.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.— Prov. xxiii. 23.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]