to buy into

  • 11ˌbuy ˈinto sth — phrasal verb informal to start to believe something that a lot of other people believe You don t buy into all this nonsense, do you?[/ex] …

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  • 12buy into — phrasal to purchase a portion of or interest in < the TV network bought into its local football team > …

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  • 13buy into something — …

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  • 14buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien &LT; OE bycgan &LT; ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all&#8230; …

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  • 15Buy — To purchase an asset; taking a long position. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. buy buy 1 [baɪ] verb bought PTandPP [bɔt ǁ bɒːt] [transitive] 1 …

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  • 16buy — To purchase an asset; taking a long position. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary bid (or buy) An offer to buy a specific quantity of a commodity at a stated price. The price that the market participants are willing to pay. Chicago Mercantile Exchange …

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  • 17buy — buy1 [ baı ] (past tense and past participle bought [ bɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to get something by paying money for it: I need to buy some new clothes. Now you can buy and sell shares on the Internet. Tickets can be bought …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18buy — buy1 W1S1 [baı] v past tense and past participle bought [bo:t US bo:t] [: Old English; Origin: bycgan] 1.) a) [I and T] to get something by paying money for it ≠ ↑sell ▪ Where did you buy that dress? ▪ Ricky showed her the painting he d bought&#8230; …

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  • 19buy — I n. (colloq.) purchase a good buy II v. 1) (C) we bought a book for her; or: we bought her a book 2) (D; tr.) to buy from (she bought her car from a local dealer) 3) (d; intr.) to buy into (to buy into a business) 4) (misc.) to buy as is ( to&#8230; …

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  • 20buy — [c]/baɪ / (say buy) verb (bought /bɔt/ (say bawt), buying) –verb (t) 1. to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying an equivalent, especially in money. 2. to acquire by giving any kind of recompense: to buy favour with flattery. 3.&#8230; …