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Antonyms for buy
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buy
Buy and purchase are close synonyms, signifying to obtain or secure as one's own by paying or promising to pay a price; in numerous cases the two words are freely interchangeable, but with the difference usually found between words of Saxon and those of French or Latin origin. The Saxon buy is used for all the homely and petty concerns of common life, the French purchase is often restricted to transactions of more dignity; yet the Saxon word buy is commonly more emphatic, and in the higher ranges of thought appeals more strongly to the feelings. One may either buy or purchase fame, favor, honor, pleasure, etc., but when our feelings are stirred we speak of victory or freedom as dearly bought. "Buy the truth, and sell it not" (Prov. xxiii, 23) would be greatly weakened by the rendering "Purchase the truth, and do not dispose of it." Compare BUSINESS; GET; PRICE; SALE.
Antonyms:
barter, dispose of, exchange, put to sale, sellSynonyms:
acquire, bargain for, barter for, get, obtain, procure, purchase, securePreposition:
Purchase at a price; at a public sale; of or from a person; for cash; with money; on time.
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Princeton's WordNet
bargain, buy, stealverb
an advantageous purchase
"she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
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sellbuy, purchaseverb
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"
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sellSynonyms:
grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribebribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
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sellSynonyms:
grease one's palms, pervert, spoil, vitiate, deprave, debauch, purchase, subvert, profane, defile, sully, debase, misdirect, demoralise, corrupt, taint, demoralize, cloud, bribebuyverb
be worth or be capable of buying
"This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
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sellSynonyms:
grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribebuyverb
acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
"She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
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sellSynonyms:
grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribebuyverb
accept as true
"I can't buy this story"
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sellSynonyms:
grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribe
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
buyverb
Synonyms:
purchase
Editors Contribution
auction
How to use buy in a sentence?
The same reason people came to work for you in the past is now the reason customers want to buy from you, embrace social media as a way to be transparent in who you are as a company and what you care about and we’ll continue to see that really paying off.
It may be that the market was a little bit oversold, a little bit too much pessimism, so bargain hunters came in to buy some shares, it's too early to say whether this is the beginning of a more sustained recovery, but it's encouraging and it shows there is still interest in stocks despite the rocky times we've experienced so far this calendar year.
The lighting, the temperature, the organization of the shelves and aisles -- all of that has been extensively researched and refined, and it's purpose is to get people to buy more products.
It's difficult for Yandex that the future of the market is in mobile devices, yandex faces some challenges, but any volatility just provides the opportunity to buy a good long-term prospect while it's cheap.
They're desperate to buy product, there's scarce little of it, and so they're willing to absorb whatever minor remaining risk is perceived to exist.
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