Idioms for buy
buy it, Slang.
to get killed: He bought it at Dunkirk.
Origin of buy
before 1000; Middle English
byen, variant of
byggen, buggen, Old English
bycgan; cognate with Old Saxon
buggjan, Gothic
bugjan to buy, Old Norse
byggja to lend, rent
synonym study for buy
1.
Buy,
purchase imply obtaining or acquiring property or goods for a price.
Buy is the common and informal word, applying to any such transaction:
to buy a house, vegetables at the market.
Purchase is more formal and may connote buying on a larger scale, in a finer store, and the like:
to purchase a year's supplies.
OTHER WORDS FROM buy
Words nearby buy
butyryl,
butyryl group,
buxom,
buxtehude,
buxton,
buy,
buy a pig in a poke,
buy boat,
buy in,
buy into,
buy it
British Dictionary definitions for buy out (1 of 2)
buy out
verb (tr, adverb)
to purchase the ownership, controlling interest, shares, etc, of (a company, etc)
to gain the release of (a person) from the armed forces by payment of money
to pay (a person) once and for all to give up (property, interest, etc)
noun buyout
the purchase of a company, esp by its former management or staff
See also leveraged buyout, management buyout
British Dictionary definitions for buy out (2 of 2)
buy
/ (baɪ) /
verb buys, buying or bought (mainly tr)
noun
a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy)
Word Origin for buy
Old English
bycgan; related to Old Norse
byggja to let out, lend, Gothic
bugjan to buy
usage for buy
The use of
off after
buy as in
I bought this off my neighbour was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts
Idioms and Phrases with buy out
buy out
Purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of a concern. For example, A rival store owner offered to buy out my grandfather, but he refused, [Late 1200s]