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buy
verb
-
buy
,
buying
,
buys
,
bought
to
get
something
by
paying
money
for
it
•
After
work
,
Mia
bought
a
loaf
of
bread
from
the
bakery
on
the
corner
.
After
work
,
Mia
bought
a
loaf
of
bread
from
the
bakery
on
the
corner
.
•
We're
saving
up
to
buy
a
small
house
near
the
beach
.
We're
saving
up
to
buy
a
small
house
near
the
beach
.
Old
English
“
bycgan
”,
related
to
Old
Norse
“
byggja
” (
to
settle
,
inhabit
),
gradually
developing
the
sense
of
obtaining
something
with
payment
.
verb
-
buy
,
buying
,
buys
,
bought
to
accept
something
as
true
or
reasonable
;
to
believe
•
I
don't
buy
his
excuse
about
missing
the
meeting
.
I
don't
buy
his
excuse
about
missing
the
meeting
.
•
Do
you
really
buy
the
idea
that
the
earth
is
flat
?
Do
you
really
buy
the
idea
that
the
earth
is
flat
?
Figurative
extension
from
the
literal
sense
of
exchanging
money
for
goods
,
first
recorded
in
the
19th
century
for
‘
accept
as
true
’.
