buy
[baɪ]
繁體中文版 | 简体中文版 | EBooks(电子书)
[baɪ]
(verb.) accept as true; 'I can't buy this story'.
(verb.) obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; 'The family purchased a new car'; 'The conglomerate acquired a new company'; 'She buys for the big department store'.
(verb.) acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; 'She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work'.
(verb.) be worth or be capable of buying; 'This sum will buy you a ride on the train'.
Edited by Ivan--From WordNet
(v. t.) To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
(v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
(v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
Checker: Lowell
v. a. Purchase, bargain for.
Typist: Margery
SYN:Purchase, bribe, subsidize, suborn
ANT:Sell, vend, hawk, retail
Editor: Sweeney
v.t. to purchase for money: to bribe: to obtain in exchange for something:—pr.p. buy′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. bought (bawt).—adj. Buy′able capable of being bought.—n. Buy′er one who buys a purchaser.—Buy and sell (Shak.) to barter; Buy in to purchase a stock: to buy back for the owner at an auction; Buy off or out to gain release from military service by payment of money; Buy over to gain by bribery; Buy up to purchase the whole stock.
Typed by Ferris
Edited by Claudette