buy

verb
bī

To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.

Example

“Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.”

Other meanings

To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
“I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.”
To be equivalent to in value.
“The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.”

Synonyms

purchase

Example sentences

“Did you buy something with my credit card?”
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“I buy it for you, not for me.”
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“You can't buy anything with positive thinking.”
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Word history

From Old English "bycġan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “buy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.