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Pos: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun buy has 1 senses

buy(n = noun.possession) bargain, steal - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
is a kind of purchase
has particulars: song, travel bargain
Derived forms verb buy₁, verb buy₃

Verb buy has 5 senses

1. buy(v = verb.possession) purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
is one way to acquire, get
Antonym: sell
Derived forms noun buy₁, noun buyer₁, noun buying₁
Sample sentences: The children buy the ball

2. buy(v = verb.possession) bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
is one way to pay
Sample sentences: Sam cannot buy Sue

3. buy(v = verb.stative) Array - be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
is one way to be
Derived form noun buy₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

4. buy(v = verb.possession) Array - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
is one way to acquire, get
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5. buy(v = verb.cognition) Array - accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
is one way to believe
Sample sentences: They won't buy the story

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

buy, v. t. [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.].

1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell. [1913 Webster]
"Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries." [1913 Webster]

2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain. [1913 Webster]
"Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding." [1913 Webster]

To buy again. See Againbuy. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To buy off. (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party. -- To buy out (a) To buy off, or detach from. Shak. (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business. -- To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership. -- To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day. -- To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.

buy, v. i.

To negotiate or treat about a purchase. [1913 Webster]
"I will buy with you, sell with you." [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

buy, 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).

Idiom:
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

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Purchase

VB buy, purchase, invest in, procure, rent, repurchase, buy in, keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn, pay, spend, make a purchase, complete a purchase, buy over the counter, shop, market, go shopping.