Толковый словарь английского языка - buy
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I. verb (bought; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English byen, from Old English bycgan; akin to Gothic bugjan to ~ Date: before 12th century transitive verb to acquire possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of by payment especially of money ; purchase , 2. to obtain in exchange for something often at a sacrifice , redeem 6, bribe , hire , to be the purchasing equivalent of , accept , believe , intransitive verb to make a purchase, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1879 something of value at a favorable price, an act of ~ing ; purchase
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v. & n. --v. (buys, buying; past and past part. bought) 1 tr. a obtain in exchange for money etc. b (usu. in neg.) serve to obtain (money can't buy happiness). 2 tr. a procure (the loyalty etc.) of a person by bribery, promises, etc. b win over (a person) in this way. 3 tr. get by sacrifice, great effort, etc. (dearly bought; bought with our sweat). 4 tr. sl. accept, believe in, approve of (it's a good scheme, I'll buy it; he bought it, he's so gullible). 5 absol. be a buyer for a store etc. (buys for Selfridges; are you buying or selling?). --n. colloq. a purchase (that sofa was a good buy). Phrases and idioms best buy the purchase giving the best value in proportion to its price; a bargain. buy in 1 buy a stock of. 2 withdraw (an item) at auction because of failure to reach the reserve price. buy into obtain a share in (an enterprise) by payment. buy it (usu. in past) sl. be killed. buy off get rid of (a claim, a claimant, a blackmailer) by payment. buy oneself out obtain one's release (esp. from the armed services) by payment. buy out pay (a person) to give up an ownership, interest, etc. buy-out n. the purchase of a controlling share in a company etc. buy over bribe. buy time delay an event, conclusion, etc., temporarily. buy up 1 buy as much as possible of. 2 absorb (another firm etc.) by purchase. Etymology: OE bycgan f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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