buys out
verb (used with object)
1.
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
2.
to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery.
3.
to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder.
4.
to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought.
5.
to be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of: Ten dollars buys less than it used to.
verb (used without object)
9.
to be or become a purchaser.
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noun
Verb phrases 10.
an act or instance of buying.
11.
something bought or to be bought; purchase: That coat was a sensible buy.
12.
a bargain: The couch was a real buy.
13.
buy down, to lower or reduce (the mortgage interest rate) by means of a buy-down.
14.
buy in,
a.
to buy a supply of; accumulate a stock of.
b.
to buy back one's own possession at an auction.
c.
Also, buy into. to undertake a buy-in.
15.
buy into, to purchase a share, interest, or membership in: They tried to buy into the club but were not accepted.
16.
buy off, to get rid of (a claim, opposition, etc.) by payment; purchase the noninterference of; bribe: The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him.
17.
buy out, to secure all of (an owner or partner's) share or interest in an enterprise: She bought out an established pharmacist and is doing very well.
18.
buy up, to buy as much as one can of something or as much as is offered for sale: He bought up the last of the strawberries at the fruit market.
19.
buy it, Slang. to get killed: He bought it at Dunkirk.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English byen, variant of byggen, buggen, Old English bycgan; cognate with Old Saxon buggjan, Gothic bugjan to buy, Old Norse byggja to lend, rent
before 1000; Middle English byen, variant of byggen, buggen, Old English bycgan; cognate with Old Saxon buggjan, Gothic bugjan to buy, Old Norse byggja to lend, rent
Related forms
buy·a·ble, adjective
non·buy·ing, adjective, noun
pre·buy, verb (used with object), pre·bought, pre·buy·ing.
re·buy, verb, re·bought, re·buy·ing.
un·buy·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. Buy, purchase imply obtaining or acquiring property or goods for a price. Buy is the common and informal word, applying to any such transaction: to buy a house, vegetables at the market. Purchase is more formal and may connote buying on a larger scale, in a finer store, and the like: to purchase a year's supplies.
1. Buy, purchase imply obtaining or acquiring property or goods for a price. Buy is the common and informal word, applying to any such transaction: to buy a house, vegetables at the market. Purchase is more formal and may connote buying on a larger scale, in a finer store, and the like: to purchase a year's supplies.
Antonyms
1. sell.
1. sell.
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buy (baɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by into) , buys, buying, bought | |
| 1. | to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase |
| 2. | to be capable of purchasing: money can't buy love |
| 3. | to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice: to buy time by equivocation |
| 4. | (intr) to act as a buyer |
| 5. | to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery |
| 6. | slang to accept as true, practical, etc |
| 7. | to purchase shares of (a company): we bought into General Motors |
| 8. | (tr) theol (esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian) |
| 9. | slang have bought it to be killed |
| —n | |
| 10. | a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy) |
| usage The use of off after buy as in I bought this off my neighbour was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts | |
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Word Origin & History
buy
O.E. bycgan (pt. bohte) from P.Gmc. *bugjanan (cf. O.S. buggjan, Goth. bugjan), of unknown origin, not found outside Gmc. The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in O.E. and M.E. with a -dg- sound as "budge," or "bidge." Meaning "believe, accept as true"
first recorded 1926.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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