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Buy vs Finance - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between buy and finance

is that buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods while finance is .

As a noun buy

is something which is bought; a purchase.

buy

English

Verb

  • To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
  • * Benjamin Franklin
    • Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
  • To obtain by some sacrifice.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
    • Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • To bribe.
  • To be equivalent to in value.
  • (informal) to accept as true; to believe
  • To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
  • (poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.

    • Synonyms

    * purchase * (accept as true) accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on * make a buy

    Antonyms

    * sell, vend * (accept as true) disbelieve, reject, pitch

    Derived terms

    * bring-and-buy * buyable * buyer * buy back * buy into * buy it * buy to let * buy off * buy out * buy someone off * buy someone out * buy straw hats in winter * buy the farm * buy time * buy up * can I buy you a drink * impulse buy * money can't buy happiness * outbuy * rebuy

    Related terms

    * aby

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which is bought; a purchase.

    • Antonyms

    * sale

    Derived terms

    * buydown * buyout * impulse buy

    References

    * * English irregular verbs English verbs with two objects 1000 English basic words

    finance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The management of money and other assets.
  • *
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
  • The science of management of money and other assets.
  • (usually in plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.

    • Derived terms

    * corporate finance * financial * part-finance (verb ) * personal finance * public finance

    External links

    * (wikipedia "finance")

    Verb

    (financ)
  • To provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking; to ; to support.
    • His parents financed his college education.
    He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.

    See also

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    References

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