buy time

  • 91buy-sell agreement —    A contract among the owners of a business (often dating from the time the business was set up) that provides terms for their purchase of the percentage of the enterprise owned by a partner or shareholder who has decided to withdraw …

    Business law dictionary

  • 92time bargains — Gambling transactions by parties who never intend to buy or sell, but merely to speculate upon the future price of stocks or commodities by compounding for differences. 24 Am J1st Gaming §§ 66 et seq …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 93kill time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time, loosen up, lose …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 94take time — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, bide, bide the issue, buy time, consume time, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, keep time, kill time, linger, loiter, look for time,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 95while away the time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 96To buy again — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 97To buy in — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 98To buy off — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 99To buy on credit — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 100To buy out — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English