📒 to obtain something by paying money for it
- buy (something) Where did you buy that dress?
- She had no money to buy a ticket.
- They can't afford to buy school books.
📒 to be enough to pay for something
- He gave his children the best education that money can buy.
- Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays.
- There are some things money can't buy.
📒 to persuade somebody to do something dishonest in return for money
- He can't be bought (= he's too honest to accept money in this way).
📒 to obtain something by losing something else of great value
- Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage.
📒 to believe that something is true, especially something that is not very likely
- You could say you were ill but I don't think they'd buy it (= accept the explanation).
📒 the very best
- We make sure our clients get the best that money can buy.
📒 to have been killed, especially in an accident or a war
- Joe finally bought it in a plane crash in Tunisia.
📒 to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country
- The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership.
📒 to die
📒 to do something in order to delay an event, a decision, etc.
- The negotiators kept the gunman talking to buy time for the hostages.
📒 if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough
- Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.
📒 to sell somebody something/to buy something that has no value or is worth much less than the price paid