Dictionary entry details
• BUY (noun)
Meaning:
An advantageous purchase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
buy; steal; bargain
Context examples:
she got a bargain at the auction / the stock was a real buy at that price
Hypernyms ("buy" is a kind of...):
purchase (something acquired by purchase)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buy"):
song (a very small sum)
travel bargain (a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes))
• BUY (verb)
Meaning:
Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
buy; purchase
Context examples:
The family purchased a new car / The conglomerate acquired a new company / She buys for the big department store
Hypernyms (to "buy" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
"Buy" entails doing...:
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "buy"):
impulse-buy (buy on impulse without proper reflection)
buy food; take out (purchase prepared food to be eaten at home)
pick up (buy casually or spontaneously)
buy out; buy up; take over (take over ownership of; of corporations and companies)
subscribe; subscribe to; take (receive or obtain by regular payment)
get (purchase)
take (buy, select)
buy back; repurchase (buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
The children buy the ball
Antonym:
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
Also:
buy in (stock up on to keep for future use or sale)
buy out; buy up (take over ownership of; of corporations and companies)
Meaning:
Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bribe; grease one's palms; buy; corrupt
Context example:
This judge can be bought
Hypernyms (to "buy" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "buy"):
sop (give a conciliatory gift or bribe to)
buy off; pay off (pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot buy Sue
Meaning:
Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work
Hypernyms (to "buy" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Accept as true
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I can't buy this story
Hypernyms (to "buy" is one way to...):
believe (accept as true; take to be true)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't buy the story
Meaning:
Be worth or be capable of buying
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This sum will buy you a ride on the train
Hypernyms (to "buy" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
