buy

1. An advantageous purchase (synset 113274650)
   "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
   is a type of: purchase - something acquired by purchase
   subtypes:

   • song - a very small sum
   • travel bargain - a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes)
   same as: bargain, steal

1. Obtain by purchase;
   Acquire by means of a financial transaction (synset 202211988)
   "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
   referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
   entail:

   • choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
   • pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   subtypes:

   • buy back, repurchase - buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away
   • take - buy, select
   • get - purchase
   • subscribe, subscribe to, take - receive or obtain regularly
   • buy out, buy up, take over - take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
   • pick up - buy casually or spontaneously
   • buy food, take out - purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
   • impulse-buy - buy on impulse without proper reflection
   same as: purchase
   verb group: buy - be worth or be capable of buying
2. Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence (synset 202288941)
   "This judge can be bought"
   referred to in: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
   is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
   subtypes:

   • sop - give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
   • buy off, pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
   same as: bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms
3. Be worth or be capable of buying (synset 202652841)
   "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
   is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   verb group: buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
4. Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange (synset 202216885)
   "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
5. Accept as true (synset 200685589)
   "I can't buy this story"
   is a type of: believe - accept as true; take to be true

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