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 up (1 of 2)
buy up
verb (tr, adverb)
to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)
commerce
to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares
British Dictionary definitions for buy up (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 up
buy up
Purchase all that is available, as in They want to buy up all the land in this area. This term was first recorded in a law enacted under Henry VIII: “They buy up all manner of fish.”