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Definição de 'buy'

Frequência da palavra

buy

(baɪ )
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]
Sinônimos:purchase, get, score [slang], secure   Mais sinônimos de buy
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
If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return.
It was a risky operation, but might buy more time. [VERB noun]
For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment. [VERB noun]
4. verbo [usually passive]
If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.
[disapproval]
Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment. [be VERB-ed]
5. verbo
If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it.
[informal]
I'm not buying any of that nonsense. [VERB noun]
Sinônimos:accept, believe, trust, credit   Mais sinônimos de buy
Buy into means the same as buy.
I bought into the popular myth that when I got the next house, I'd finally be happy. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
6. substantivo contável
If something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive.
This was still a good buy even at the higher price.
S & G offers great buys on computer software.
Sinônimos:purchase, deal [informal], bargain, acquisition   Mais sinônimos de buy
Verbos frasais:
buy into
buy off
buy out
buy up
COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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Frequência da palavra

buy in American

(baɪ ; bī)
verbo transitivoFormas da palavra:bought or ˈbuying
1. 
to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase
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
5.  US, Slang
to accept as true, valid, practical, etc.
I can't buy this excuse
6.  Theology; Archaic
to redeem
verbo intransitivo
7. 
to buy something
8. 
to buy merchandise as a buyer
substantivo
9. 
the act of buying; a purchase
10. 
anything bought or buyable, esp. with reference to its worth as a bargain
a good (or bad) buy
11.  US, Informal
something worth the price; bargain
Expressões:
buy in
buy into
buy it
buy off
buy out
buy time
buy up
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Formas derivadas
buyable (ˈbuyable)
  adjectivo
Origem da palavra buy
ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of bow1
Frequência da palavra

buy in British

(baɪ )
verboFormas da palavra:buys, buying or bought (mainly tr)
1. 
to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase
2. 
to be capable of purchasing
money can't buy love
3. 
to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice
to buy time by equivocation
4. (intransitive)
to act as a buyer
5. 
to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery
6. slang
to accept as true, practical, etc
7. (intransitive; foll by into)
to purchase shares of (a company)
we bought into General Motors
8. (transitive) theology
(esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian)
9.  have bought it
substantivo
10. 
a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy)
▶ 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 contexts
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Origem da palavra buy
Old English bycgan; related to Old Norse byggja to let out, lend, Gothic bugjan to buy

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I buy something to eat on the way home, cook it, watch TV, read a book. Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)In a way...' `They're looking to buy something through an associate of yours. Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)Two and a half billion dollars tended to buy respectability, regardless of how such a fortune was amassed. Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)

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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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