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    buy
    /bʌɪ/

    verb

    • 1. obtain in exchange for payment: "she bought six first-class stamps" Similar purchasemake a/the purchase ofacquireobtainOpposite sell
    • 2. accept the truth of: informal "I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means"

    noun

    • 1. a purchase: "wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops"

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    Buy definition: to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.. See examples of BUY used in a sentence.

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    When you buy something, you pay money in order to own or obtain it. You might buy your mom a big bouquet of flowers for her birthday.