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 buy /ˈbaɪ/
 (vt.)買,購買;贏得,獲得上算的購買,便宜貨

 Buy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bought p. pr. & vb. n. Buying ]
 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
    Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.   --B. Franklin.
 2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
    Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.   --Prov. xxiii. 23.
 To buy again. See Againbuy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
 To buy off. (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party.
 To buy out (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak. (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business.
 To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.
 To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day.
 To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.

 Buy, v. i. To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
    I will buy with you, sell with you.   --Shak.
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 buy
      n : an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
          auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
          bargain, steal]
      v 1: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial
           transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The
           conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the
           big department store" [syn: purchase] [ant: sell]
      2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or
         influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt,
          grease one's palms]
      3: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to
         buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
      4: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
      5: be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a
         ride on the train"
      [also: bought]