buy has definitions from the field of law
1
[ verb ] obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

Synonyms

purchase

Examples

: "The family purchased a new car" "The conglomerate acquired a new company" "She buys for the big department store"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Give generously when you buy candy today for the Brain Research_Foundation .

(The Providence Journal,...)

F._Morris_Cochran , university vice_president and business manager , said the house has been bought to provide rental housing for faculty families , particularly for those here for a limited time .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

For many reasons , the demand to buy shares in the Dallas-headquartered company was tremendous .

Investors who wanted 100 shares in many cases ended_up with 25 , and customers who had put_in a bid to buy 400 shares found themselves with 100 and counted themselves lucky to get that many .

(Los Angeles Times,...)

It was a_level at which some of the investors standing on the sidelines were thought likely to buy the pivotal issues represented in the averages .

2
[ verb ] (law) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

Examples

"This judge can be bought"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

Above_all , do n't set_up extravagant fringe_benefits just to buy employee good_will .

(R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)

In a society where everything is for_sale , Marlowe is the only man who cannot be bought .

Related terms

pay buy_off sop crime bribe

3
[ verb ] acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

Examples

"She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

Related terms

get

4
[ verb ] accept as true

Examples

: "I can't buy this story"

Related terms

believe

5
[ verb ] be worth or be capable of buying

Examples

"This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

Related terms

be bargain

6
[ noun ] an advantageous purchase

Synonyms

steal bargain

Examples

"she got a bargain at the auction" "the stock was a real buy at that price"

Related terms

purchase travel_bargain song

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