Meaning of "buy" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUY

Old English bycgan; related to Old Norse byggja to let out, lend, Gothic bugjan to buy.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BUY

buy  [baɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUY

Buy is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb buy in English.

WHAT DOES BUY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of buy in the English dictionary

The first definition of buy in the dictionary is to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase. Other definition of buy is to be capable of purchasing. Buy is also to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUY

PRESENT

Present

I buy

you buy

he/she/it buys

we buy

you buy

they buy

Present continuous

I am buying

you are buying

he/she/it is buying

we are buying

you are buying

they are buying

Present perfect

I have bought

you have bought

he/she/it has bought

we have bought

you have bought

they have bought

Present perfect continuous

I have been buying

you have been buying

he/she/it has been buying

we have been buying

you have been buying

they have been buying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bought

you bought

he/she/it bought

we bought

you bought

they bought

Past continuous

I was buying

you were buying

he/she/it was buying

we were buying

you were buying

they were buying

Past perfect

I had bought

you had bought

he/she/it had bought

we had bought

you had bought

they had bought

Past perfect continuous

I had been buying

you had been buying

he/she/it had been buying

we had been buying

you had been buying

they had been buying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will buy

you will buy

he/she/it will buy

we will buy

you will buy

they will buy

Future continuous

I will be buying

you will be buying

he/she/it will be buying

we will be buying

you will be buying

they will be buying

Future perfect

I will have bought

you will have bought

he/she/it will have bought

we will have bought

you will have bought

they will have bought

Future perfect continuous

I will have been buying

you will have been buying

he/she/it will have been buying

we will have been buying

you will have been buying

they will have been buying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would buy

you would buy

he/she/it would buy

we would buy

you would buy

they would buy

Conditional continuous

I would be buying

you would be buying

he/she/it would be buying

we would be buying

you would be buying

they would be buying

Conditional perfect

I would have buy

you would have buy

he/she/it would have buy

we would have buy

you would have buy

they would have buy

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been buying

you would have been buying

he/she/it would have been buying

we would have been buying

you would have been buying

they would have been buying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you buy
we let´s buy
you buy

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to buy

Past participle

bought

Present Participle

buying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BUY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «buy» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of buy

accept · acquire · acquisition · bargain · believe · credit · deal · get · giveaway · obtain · pay for · procure · purchase · score · secure · snip · steal · swallow · take on · trust

TRANSLATION OF BUY

Find out the translation of buy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of buy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buy» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 买
• Translator English - Spanish: comprar
• English: buy
• Translator English - Hindi: खरीद
• Translator English - Arabic: يَشتَري
• Translator English - Russian: покупать
• Translator English - Portuguese: comprar
• Translator English - Bengali: কেনা
• Translator English - French: acheter
• Translator English - Malay: beli
• Translator English - German: kaufen
• Translator English - Japanese: 買う
• Translator English - Korean: 사다
• Translator English - Javanese: Tuku
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mua
• Translator English - Tamil: வாங்க
• Translator English - Marathi: खरेदी करा
• Translator English - Turkish: satın almak
• Translator English - Italian: acquistare
• Translator English - Polish: kupić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: купувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a cumpăra
• Translator English - Greek: αγοράζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: koop
• Translator English - Swedish: köpa
• Translator English - Norwegian: kjøpe

10 QUOTES WITH «BUY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word buy.

1

Ali Babacan

When Turkey buys Iranian oil, we pay for it in Turkish lira... However, it is not possible for Iran to take that money as dollars into its own country due to international restrictions, the U.S.A.'s sanctions. Therefore, when Iran cannot take this money back as currency, they withdraw Turkish lira and buy gold from our market.

2

Bernard Baruch

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

3

James Van Der Beek

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.

4

Johnny Bench

I spent every bit of my money to try and get a Mickey Mantle card, and I don't have one. Growing up in Oklahoma, Mickey Mantle was my idol. And here I am, and I'd go pick cotton to have enough money, and I'd buy all of these packs, and I'd chew all of the gum, and I'd never find a Mickey Mantle card.

5

Sara Blakely

I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say.

6

Francesca Lia Block

It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages.

7

Sean Booth

I don't particularly care how many records we sell any more because we've kind of bought all the equipment we want to buy.

8

Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever been of making sure that every song on a new album is as good as can be.

9

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

10

Saffron Burrows

I was picked up on a London street by a model agent. She took me to her office and then sent me to Paris to work in shows. It was supposed to be two weeks, but I ended up living there with my Zimbabwean boyfriend. I made enough money modeling and acting in French movies to buy a nice flat.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUY»

Discover the use of buy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer ...

Examines advertising strategies that promote consumerism from the earliest ages, offering advice to parents and teachers on how to reverse the damaging effects of commercialism on developing children.

Juliet Schor, 2004

Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for ...

A revised edition of a best-selling work on America's consumer culture makes observations about the retail practices of other cultures, describes the latest trends in online retail, and makes recommendations for how major companies can ...

Paco Underhill, 2009

Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and ...

"A lively, frugal-chic answer to the question "Make or Buy" about 120 different food staples"--

Jennifer Reese, 2012

202 Things You Can Buy and Sell for Big Profits

Reap Your Share of Resale Riches! This is it-the bona fide insider's guide to cashing in on the huge boom in reselling new and used products for big bucks.

James Stephenson, Jason R. Rich, Jason Rich, 2008

What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay? In What Money Can’t Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes on one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale?

Michael J. Sandel, 2012

What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances

Money alone, Mayer concludes, does not buy either the material or the psychological well-being that children require to succeed.

Susan E. Mayer, 1997

Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are ...

This book tells you how to make them better." —Ben Stein, economist, actor, and New York Times columnist "This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to appeal to the most powerful consumers of all time.

Kit Yarrow, Jayne O'Donnell, 2009

Buy It, Rent It, Profit!: Make Money as a Landlord in ANY ...

From leases to property-evaluation documents, you’ll find a complete tool kit in this book, which contains every form and checklist you need to run a single-unit apartment or an entire rental building.

Bryan M. Chavis, 2009

Car Buying Revealed: How to Buy a Car and Not Get Taken for ...

Gives advice on every aspect of purchasing a car, including determining budget limits; buying new, used, or foreign cars; negotiating a deal; and making financing arrangements.

Brian Munroe, 2008

Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think ...

But as Jean Kilbourne points out in this fascinating and shocking exposé, the dreamlike promise of advertising always leaves us hungry for more. We can never be satisfied, because the products we love cannot love us back.

Jean Kilbourne, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buy is used in the context of the following news items.

Amanda Peterson, Can't Buy Me Love actress, dies at 43

Amanda Peterson, who played Patrick Dempsey's love interest in the 80s rom-com Can't Buy Me Love, has died at 43. The Associated Press ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»

Don't Buy Into "Buy Buttons" Just Yet

The hottest topic in eCommerce these days seems to be “buy buttons.” The energy though appears premature. Pinterest announced its buyable ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

Horizon Pharma Proposes to Buy Depomed for $1.75 Billion

Horizon said it made the offer to buy Depomed in a letter sent May 27, but that Depomed had rejected the proposal. Horizon said it is going ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Want To Buy A Vineyard In France? Here's How Much It Costs

If you want to buy a vineyard in France you can count on the average price being, according to the 2014 statistics, 136,400 euro per hectare for ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

4 Restaurant Stocks to Buy Before Chipotle

That assessment may prove overly pessimistic, and Chipotle remains a buy, with a "B" rating, according to TheStreet Ratings. Nevertheless, for ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»

Cisco Plans to Buy Cloud Platform MaintenanceNet

Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -0.88 % on Tuesday announced a deal to buy privately held MaintenanceNet for $139 million, the latest acquisition ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Why Buy in a Flood Zone?

In late June, construction resumed on Pierhouse, a two-hundred-and-eighty-million-dollar condominium and hotel development at Pier 1, ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»

Should You Buy COBRA in the Age of Obamacare?

Before the ACA was enacted, people who wanted to buy their own coverage rather than enroll in COBRA “risked being declined based on ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»

Daily Fantasy MLB Lineup: Hitters to buy, sell for Tuesday

Not sure whom to buy today in DFS or whom to sit in your season-long fantasy leagues? Let us help set your daily fantasy baseball lineups with ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»

Cramer: Money magnet stocks to buy in a selloff

Jim Cramer has experienced countless market corrections in his 30-plus years of investing. That is why he decided to share his best tricks of ... «CNBC, Jul 15»