Definition of: buy

(bī) v. bought, buy·ing v.t.
1. To obtain for a price; purchase.
2. To be a price for.
3. To obtain by an exchange or sacrifice: to buy wisdom with experience.
4. To bribe; corrupt.
5. Slang To believe or accept, as an excuse.
—v.i.
6. To make purchases; be a purchaser.
—to buy in
1. To buy from the owner, as at an auction when bids are too low.
2. To buy stock or an interest, as in a company.
3. Slang To pay money as a price for joining.
—to buy off To obtain a promise of nonintervention by bribing.
—to buy out To purchase the stock, interests, etc., of, as in a business.
—noun Colloq.
1. Anything bought or about to be bought.
2. A bargain. [OE bycgan]
—buy′a·ble adjective
—buy′er noun