Buy vs Horsetrader - What's the difference?
buy | horsetrader |
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
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.
(literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
(figuratively, by extension) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind.
* 1937 , "
As nouns the difference between buy and horsetrader
is that buy is something which is bought; a purchase while horsetrader is (literally) a person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.As a verb buy
is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.buy
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Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Synonyms
* purchase * (accept as true) accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on * make a buyAntonyms
* sell, vend * (accept as true) disbelieve, reject, pitchDerived 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 * rebuyAntonyms
* saleDerived terms
* buydown * buyout * impulse buyhorsetrader
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Alternative forms
* horse trader, horse-traderNoun
(en noun)Judiciary: Visibility Poor," Time , 22 Feb.:
- The three subordinates on whom President Roosevelt depends to win his Senate victories are Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the bull-voiced, heavy-fisted field commander; Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the shrewd committee and cloakroom horsetrader ; and James F. Byrnes of South Carolina.