Buy | Mean of buy in English Dictionary

/ˈbaɪ/

• Verb
• to get (something) by paying money for it
1. I bought a computer.
2. I bought this hat for $10.
3. He bought the quilt from a local artist.
4. He bought dinner for us. = He bought us dinner.
5. Stock prices are low, so now is a good time to buy.
• to be able to get something
1. A quarter won't buy (you) much these days.
2. Money can't buy love.
• to accept or believe (something) as true
1. He said it was a mistake, but I don't buy it.

• to give money to someone in order to get that person to do something illegal or dishonest for you
1. an honest policeman who can't be bought
• to get (something) by losing or giving up something
1. Peace was finally bought, but at the cost of many lives.
• to buy a large amount of (something)
1. Be sure to buy in a lot of tinned food in case we're snowed up.
• to pay money in order to own part of (something, such as a company or sports team)
1. Investors are buying into Internet companies.
• to die
1. I nearly bought the farm when my car skidded off the road.
• to give money to (someone) for illegal or dishonest help
1. Many believe that Jones bought off the police so that he would not be investigated for the murder.
• to pay money to (someone) for his or her part of a company or team
1. She bought out her partners so that she could manage the company the way she wanted to.
• to get more time for someone or something
1. The medication won't cure the disease but it will buy patients some time. [=it will allow patients to live longer]
• to pay money for all or a large part of (something)
1. The company has bought up the old factories along the river and will convert them into apartments.
2. She is buying up all the artist's early work.
• Noun
• an act of buying something
1. an undercover drug buy [=purchase, deal]