buy
buy / bī/ • v. (buys, buy·ing; past and past part. bought / bôt/ ) [tr.] 1. obtain in exchange for payment: he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres [intr.] had no interest in buying into an entertainment company. ∎ (buy someone out) pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share. ∎ procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery: here was a man who could not be bought. ∎ be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment: money can't buy happiness. ∎ (often be bought) get by sacrifice or great effort: greatness is dearly bought. ∎ [intr.] make a profession of purchasing goods for a store or firm.2. inf. accept the truth of: I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means [intr.] I hate to buy into stereotypes. 3. (bought it) inf. died: his friends had bought it in the jungle.• n. inf. a purchase: the wine is a good buy at $3.49. ∎ an act of purchasing something: out on a produce buy for the restaurant.PHRASES: buy time delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one's own position.