buy
English
Verb
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
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* Benjamin Franklin
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
To obtain by some sacrifice.
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* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
To bribe.
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To be equivalent to in value.
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(informal) to accept as true; to believe
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To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
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(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
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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.
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Antonyms
* sale
Derived terms
* buydown
* buyout
* impulse buy
perchase
Not English
Perchase has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
English words similar to 'perchase':
precise,
purchase,
paragoge,
persecute,
prosecute,
presage,
pericycle,
precoce,
precycle,
precisive,
precache,
prochoice,
proxygene,
pargasite,
percase,
pregage,
parcase,
prisage
