Definição de 'buy'
Formas da palavra:plural, 3rd person singular present
tense buys
, present participle buying
, past tense, past participle bought
1. verbo
If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
He could not afford to buy a house. [VERB noun]
They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets. [VERB noun]
Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike. [V pron-refl n]
I'd like to buy him lunch. [VERB noun noun]
2. verbo
If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money.
About £70,000 buys a habitable house around here. [VERB noun]
If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because
the pound will buy them more. [VERB noun noun]
3. verbo
4. verbo [usually passive]
5. verbo
[informal]
I'm not buying any of that nonsense. [VERB noun]
6. substantivo contável
This was still a good buy even at the higher price.
S & G offers great buys on computer software.
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verbo transitivoFormas da palavra:bought or ˈbuying
2.
to get as by an exchange
buy victory with human lives
3.
to be the means of purchasing
all that money can buy
4.
to bribe or hire as by bribing
6. Theology; Archaic
to redeem
substantivo
9.
the act of buying; a purchase
11. US, Informal
something worth the price; bargain
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Formas derivadas
adjectivo
verboFormas da palavra:buys, buying or bought (mainly tr)
▶ USAGE The use of off after buy as in I bought this off my neighbour was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts8. (transitive) theology
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Origem da palavra buy
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I buy something to eat on the way home, cook it, watch TV, read a book. CHAMELEON (2002)In a way...' `They're looking to buy something through an associate of yours. CHAMELEON (2002)Two and a half billion dollars tended to buy respectability, regardless of how such a fortune was amassed. CHAMELEON (2002)
Tendências de buy
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Traduções de buy
Inglês Britânico: buy
/baɪ/ VERB
If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
He could not afford to buy a house.
- Inglês Americano: buy
- Árabe: يَشتَري
- Português Brasileiro: comprar
- Chinês: 买
- Croata: kupiti
- Tcheco: koupit
- Dinamarquês: købe
- Holandês: kopen
- Espanhol Europeu: comprar
- Finlandês: ostaa
- Francês: acheter
- Alemão: kaufen
- Grego: αγοράζω
- Italiano: acquistare
- Japonês: 買う
- Coreano: 사다
- Norueguês: kjøpe
- Polonês: kupić
- Português Europeu: comprar
- Romeno: a cumpăra
- Russo: покупать
- Espanhol: comprar
- Sueco: köpa
- Tailandês: ซื้อ
- Turco: satın almak
- Ucraniano: купувати
- Vietnamita: mua
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