buy
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
poker
Etymology: From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”).
Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.
Inflected forms:
form: buys
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boughten
pos: verb
tags: archaic
dialectal
participle
past
rare
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: buy
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: buy
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: buyest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: boughtest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: buys
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buyeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: buy
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: buy
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: buy
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: buying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bought
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boughten
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: buie
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: buys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
pos: verb
tags: ditransitive
transitive
examples: Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
gloss: To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
pos: verb
tags: ditransitive
transitive
examples: I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
You just bought yourself an assault charge!
Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
gloss: To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood,
As I am Iacke Strawe, thou ſhalt buy it with thy blood.
gloss: To bribe.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
After Bongino reiterated that Epstein killed himself, he was flooded with responses of disbelief. "WHO has bought the both of you?" one X user asked of Bongino and Patel, referencing the Fox News interview.
gloss: To be equivalent to in value.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
gloss: to accept as true; to believe
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
People like to say that dead people look asleep, and maybe she would have bought that under different circumstances.
gloss: To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She buys for Federated.
Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.
gloss: To make a bluff, usually a large one.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
gloss: Something which is bought; a purchase.
pos: noun
examples: At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.
Synonyms: make a buy
aby
buy
procure
snap up
Antonyms: cheap
sell
vend
disbelieve
reject
pitch
barter
pay
steal
sale
Related words: aby
purchaser
Derived words: bought and paid for
bought priesthood
bring-and-buy
bring-and-buy sale
buyability
buyable
buy a dog and bark oneself
buy and hold
buy and pay for
buy a pup
buy a ticket to
buy back
buy-back
buy-bust
buycott
buy-down
buy down
buyer
buy-in
buy in
buying guide
buying power
buying temperature
buy into
buy it
buy low, sell high
buy nice or buy twice
buy-off
buy off
buy off on
buy-out
buy out
buy out from under
buy over
buy side
buy someone off
buy someone out
buy some time
buy stop order
buy straw hats in winter
buy the big one
buy the dip
buy the dips
buy the farm
buy the rabbit
buy the rack
buy the rights
buy the rumor
buy the same horse twice
buy time
buy-to-let
buy to let
buy-to-play
buyup
buy up
buyware
buy when it snows and sell when it goes
buy when it snows, sell when it goes
buy with one's ears
buy wolf tickets
buy woof tickets
buy yourself a hat
can I buy you a drink
collective buying
cross-buy
don't buy green bananas
forbuy
forebuy
group buying
I don't want to buy anything
impulse buy
impulse-buy
leveraged buy-out
money can't buy happiness
multibuy
must-buy
outbuy
overbuy
panic-bought
panic-buy
prebuy
rebuy
shop-bought
store-bought
that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee
unbuy
underbuy
vote buying
why buy a book when you can join a library
why buy a book when you can join the library
why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аахәара
roman: aaxʷara
lang: Afrikaans
word: koop
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔸𐕒𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕆𐔴𐕍𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎
roman: toguheq̇esun
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫
roman: süw
lang: Ainu
word: ホㇰ
roman: hok
lang: Akan
word: tɔ
lang: Aklanon
word: bakae
lang: Albanian
word: blej
lang: Amharic
word: መግዛት
roman: mägzat
lang: Western Apache
word: nahiʼdiih
lang: Arabic
word: اِشْتَرَى
roman: ištarā
lang: Arabic
word: اشترى
roman: ištarā
lang: Arabic
word: اَشْترى
roman: aštara
lang: Arabic
word: شرى
roman: šra
lang: Arabic
word: اشترى
roman: ištara
lang: Arabic
word: شرى
roman: šara
lang: Aragonese
word: crompar
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ
roman: zawen
lang: Armenian
word: գնել
roman: gnel
lang: Armenian
word: առնել
roman: aṙnel
lang: Aromanian
word: acumpãr
lang: Assamese
word: কিনা
roman: kina
lang: Asturian
word: mercar
lang: Asturian
word: comprar
lang: Avar
word: бичун босизе
roman: bičun bosize
lang: Azerbaijani
word: almaq
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: beli
lang: Bangi
word: somba
lang: Bashkir
word: һатып алыу
roman: hatıp alıw
lang: Bashkir
word: алыу
roman: alıw
lang: Basque
word: erosi
lang: Belait
word: melei
lang: Belarusian
word: купля́ць
roman: kupljácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: купі́ць
roman: kupícʹ
lang: Bengali
word: কেনা
roman: kena
lang: Bhojpuri
word: किनल
roman: kinal
lang: Breton
word: prenañ
lang: Brunei Bisaya
word: mali
lang: Bulgarian
word: купу́вам
roman: kupúvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: ку́пя
roman: kúpja
lang: Burmese
word: ဝယ်
roman: wai
lang: Catalan
word: comprar
lang: Cebuano
word: palit
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵙⵖ
roman: sɣ
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⴰⵖ
roman: aɣ
lang: Chechen
word: эца
roman: eca
lang: Chichewa
word: kugúla
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 買 /买
roman: maai⁵
lang: Chinese
word: мэ
roman: me
lang: Chinese
word: 買 /买
roman: bóe / bé / mái
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 買 /买
roman: mǎi
lang: Chuukese
word: kamö
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: uhula
lang: Cornish
word: prena
lang: Corsican
word: cumprà
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: satın almaq
lang: Czech
word: kupovat
lang: Czech
word: koupit
lang: Danish
word: købe
lang: Central Dusun
word: boli
lang: Dutch
word: kopen
lang: Dutch
word: aanschaffen
lang: Dutch
word: aankopen
lang: Edo
word: dẹ
lang: Elfdalian
word: tjyöpa
lang: Erzya
word: рамамс
roman: ramams
lang: Esperanto
word: aĉeti
lang: Estonian
word: ostma
lang: Evenki
word: гами
roman: gami
lang: Farefare
word: da
lang: Faroese
word: keypa
lang: Finnish
word: ostaa
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: achetar
lang: French
word: acheter
lang: North Frisian
word: kuupe
lang: West-Frisian
word: keape
lang: West-Frisian
word: keapje
lang: Friulian
word: comprâ
lang: Galician
word: mercar
lang: Galician
word: comprar
lang: Georgian
word: ყიდვა
roman: q̇idva
lang: German
word: kaufen
lang: Gilaki
word: هین
roman: he:n
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: bugjan
lang: Greek
word: αγοράζω
roman: agorázo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀγοράζω
roman: agorázō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὠνέομαι
roman: ōnéomai
lang: Greenlandic
word: sivoq
lang: Gujarati
word: ખરીદવું
roman: kharīdvũ
lang: Haitian Creole
word: achte
lang: Hausa
word: sáyṓ
lang: Hawaiian
word: kūʻai
lang: Hebrew
word: קָנָה
roman: kaná
lang: Higaonon
word: palit
lang: Hindi
word: क्रय
roman: kray
lang: Hindi
word: ख़रीदना
roman: xarīdnā
lang: Hindi
word: कीनना
roman: kīnnā
lang: White Hmong
word: yuav
lang: Hungarian
word: vásárol
lang: Hungarian
word: vesz
lang: Ibanag
word: gatang
lang: Icelandic
word: kaupa
lang: Ido
word: komprar
lang: Ilocano
word: gumatang
lang: Ilocano
word: manggatang
lang: Ilocano
word: gatangen
lang: Indonesian
word: membeli
lang: Ingrian
word: ostaa
lang: Ingrian
word: lunastaa
lang: Ingrian
word: lunata
lang: Ingush
word: эца
roman: eca
lang: Interlingua
word: comprar
lang: Interlingua
word: emer
lang: Irish
word: ceannaigh
lang: Isan
word: ซื้อ
lang: Isnag
word: xatang
lang: Isoko
word: dẹ
lang: Istriot
word: cunprà
lang: Italian
word: comprare
lang: Italian
word: comperare (desueto)
lang: Italian
word: acquistare
lang: Iu Mien
word: maaiz
lang: Ivatan
word: manadiw
lang: Japanese
word: 買う
roman: kau
lang: Japanese
word: 購入する
roman: kōnyū suru
lang: Javanese
word: tuku
lang: Javanese
word: tumbas
lang: Javanese
word: mundhut
lang: Jeju
word: 사다
roman: sada
lang: Kabyle
word: aɣ
lang: Kaingang
word: kajãm
lang: Kambera
word: kei
lang: Kapampangan
word: sali
lang: Kapampangan
word: sumali
lang: Kazakh
word: сатып алу
roman: satyp alu
lang: Khmer
word: ទិញ
roman: tɨñ
lang: Khün
word: ᨪᩨ᩶
lang: Kongo
word: kusumba
lang: Korean
word: 사다
roman: sada
lang: Korean
word: 구입하다
roman: gu'iphada
lang: Kumyk
word: алмакъ
roman: almaq
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کڕین
roman: krrîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kirîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: standin
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сатып алуу
roman: satıp aluu
lang: Ladin
word: comprer
lang: Lao
word: ຊື້
roman: sư̄
lang: Latgalian
word: pierkt
lang: Latin
word: emō
lang: Latin
word: sūmō
lang: Latvian
word: pirkt
lang: Latvian
word: nopirkt
lang: Ligurian
word: acatâ
lang: Lingala
word: somba
lang: Lithuanian
word: pirkti
lang: Lombard
word: crompâ
lang: Low German
word: köpen
lang: Lü
word: ᦌᦹᧉ
roman: sue²
lang: Lutuv
word: calyi
lang: Luxembourgish
word: kafen
lang: Macedonian
word: ку́пува
roman: kúpuva
lang: Macedonian
word: купи
roman: kupi
lang: Malay
word: beli
lang: Brunei Malay
word: bali
lang: Maltese
word: xtara
lang: Manchu
word: ᡠᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ
roman: udambi
lang: Mansaka
word: bili
lang: Māori
word: hoko
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: aste
lang: Mokilese
word: dupukda
lang: Mongolian
word: авах
roman: avax
lang: Mongolian
word: худалдаж авах
roman: xudaldaž avax
lang: Moore
word: ra
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: tùh
lang: Nanai
word: гаори
roman: gaori
lang: Navajo
word: nayiiłniih
lang: Neapolitan
word: accattà
lang: Nepali
word: किन्नु
roman: kinnu
lang: Norman
word: acater
lang: Norman
word: acataer
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjøpe
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjøpa
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjøpe
lang: Occitan
word: crompar
lang: Ojibwe
word: adaawen
lang: Okinawan
word: 買ーゆん
roman: kōyun
lang: Okinawan
word: 買ーいん
roman: kōin
lang: Old English
word: bycgan
lang: Old English
word: ceapian
lang: Old Norse
word: kaupa
lang: Old Norse
word: byggja
lang: Old Saxon
word: buggian
lang: Oromo
word: bituu
lang: Ossetian
word: ӕлхӕнын
roman: ælxænyn
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: куповац
roman: kupovac
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: купиц
roman: kupic
lang: Papiamentu
word: kumpra
lang: Pashto
word: پېرل
roman: perël
lang: Pashto
word: پېرودل
roman: perowdël
lang: Pashto
word: اخستل
lang: Dari
word: خَرِیدَن
roman: xarīdan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: خَریدَن
roman: xaridan
lang: Polish
word: kupować
lang: Polish
word: kupić
lang: Polish
word: nabywać
lang: Polish
word: nabyć
lang: Portuguese
word: comprar
lang: Portuguese
word: adquirir
lang: Punjabi
word: ਖ਼ਰੀਦਣਾ
roman: xarīdṇā
lang: Quechua
word: rantiy
lang: Quechua
word: rantii
lang: Romani
word: kinel
lang: Romanian
word: cumpăra
lang: Romansh
word: cumprar
lang: Romansh
word: cumprer
lang: Russian
word: покупа́ть
roman: pokupátʹ
lang: Russian
word: купи́ть
roman: kupítʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: oastit
lang: Samoan
word: faʻatau
lang: Samogitian
word: pėrktė
lang: Sanskrit
word: क्रीणाति
roman: krīṇāti
lang: Sardinian
word: comparai
lang: Sardinian
word: comporai
lang: Sardinian
word: comporare
lang: Sardinian
word: cumporai
lang: Sardinian
word: comprai
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ceannaich
lang: Semai
word: belik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: купо̀вати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ку́пити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: покупо̀вати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kupòvati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kúpiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pokupòvati
lang: Shan
word: သိုဝ်ႉ
roman: sṵ̂e
lang: Sicilian
word: accattari
lang: Sicilian
word: cumprari
lang: Sindhi
word: خريد ڪرڻ
roman: xred krṇ
lang: Sinhalese
word: ගන්නවා
roman: gannawā
lang: Slovak
word: kupovať
lang: Slovak
word: kúpiť
lang: Slovene
word: kupovati
lang: Slovene
word: kupiti
lang: Somali
word: gado
lang: Somali
word: iibso
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: kupowaś
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: kupiś
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: kupować
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: kupić
lang: Sotho
word: reka
lang: Spanish
word: comprar
lang: Spanish
word: mercar
lang: Sundanese
word: meuli
lang: Sundanese
word: mésér
lang: Sundanese
word: ngagaleuh
lang: Swahili
word: kununua
lang: Swedish
word: köpa
lang: Tagalog
word: bili
lang: Tagalog
word: bilhin
lang: Tagalog
word: bumili
lang: Tahitian
word: hoʻo
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪏꪳ꫁
lang: Tai Nüa
word: ᥔᥪᥳ
roman: su̇e
lang: Tajik
word: харидан
roman: xaridan
lang: Tamil
word: வாங்கு
roman: vāṅku
lang: Tatar
word: сатып алырга
roman: satıp alırğa
lang: Tausug
word: bii
lang: Tetum
word: sosa
lang: Thai
word: ซื้อ
roman: sʉ́ʉ
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨪᩨ᩶
lang: Tibetan
word: ཉོས
roman: nyos
lang: Tibetan
word: གཟིགས
roman: gzigs
lang: Tocharian B
word: käry-
lang: Tongan
word: fakatau
lang: Tumbuka
word: gula
lang: Turkish
word: satın almak
lang: Turkish
word: sakmak
lang: Turkish
word: almak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آلمق
roman: almak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اشترا ایتمك
roman: iştira etmek
lang: Turkmen
word: satyn almak
lang: Tutong
word: meli
lang: Tuvan
word: садып алыр
roman: sadıp alır
lang: Ukrainian
word: купува́ти
roman: kupuváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: купи́ти
roman: kupýty
lang: Urdu
word: مول لینا
roman: mol lenā
lang: Urdu
word: خَرِیدْنا
roman: xarīdnā
lang: Urhobo
word: dẹ
lang: Uyghur
word: سېتىۋالماق
roman: sëtiwalmaq
lang: Uzbek
word: sotib olmoq
lang: Venetan
word: cronpar
lang: Venetan
word: conprar
lang: Vietnamese
word: mua
lang: Walloon
word: atchter
lang: Waray-Waray
word: palit
lang: Waray-Waray
word: balyo
lang: Welsh
word: prynu
lang: Yaghnobi
word: хиринак
roman: xirinak
lang: Yiddish
word: קויפֿן
roman: koyfn
lang: Yoruba
word: rà
lang: Zhuang
word: cawx