buy: significato e definizioni

To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Regional Note at boughten.

To be capable of purchasing: "Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy” ( Ogden Nash).

To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade: wanted to buy love with gifts.

To bribe: tried to buy a judge.

Informal To accept the truth or feasibility of: The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.

To purchase something; act as a purchaser.

Something bought or for sale; a purchase.

An act of purchasing: a drug buy.

Something that is underpriced; a bargain.

buy into To acquire a stake or interest in: bought into a risky real estate venture.

buy into Informal To believe in, especially wholeheartedly or uncritically: couldn't buy into that brand of conservatism.

buy off To bribe (an official, for example) in order to secure improper cooperation or gain exemption from a regulation or legal consequence.

buy out To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of.

buy up To purchase all that is available of.

buy it Slang To be killed.

buy time To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit” ( G. David Wallace).

buy the farm Slang To die, especially suddenly or violently.