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1. The act of buying
   "buying and selling fill their days"
   - purchasing

1. Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
   "She buys for the big department store"
   - purchase
    
2. Make illegal payments to in exchange for favours or influence
   "This judge can be bought"
   - bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms
    
3. Be worth or be capable of buying
   "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
    
4. Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
   "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
    
5. Accept as true
   "I can't buy this story"

Derived forms: buyings

See also: buy in, buy up, buyer

Type of: acquire, be, believe, get, pay, purchase

Antonym: sell

Encyclopedia: Buy Buy, Russia