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Buy
/bʌɪ/
To get possession of something by exchanging money for it.
Synonyms:
purchase
acquire
procure
Antonyms:
sell
offer
reject
Examples:
I want to
buy
some fruit for lunch.
Nobody who's met Jensen
buys
that act.
'Mr Ackroyd had some idea of
buying
a Dictaphone.
Etymology:
Middle English
byen
, from Old English
bycgan
, and related to Old High German
buggan
, all meaning to obtain through exchange.
Usage Statistics:
262 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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