Definition of buy

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Buy (v. t.) 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..

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Druggist :: Druggist (n.) One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary..
Regrate :: Regrate (v. t.) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense..
Marketer :: Marketer (n.) One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
Boroughmonger :: Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
Overbuy :: Overbuy (v. t.) To buy too much.
Chap :: Chap (v. i.) To bargain; to buy.
Opsonation :: Opsonation (n.) A catering; a buying of provisions.
Customer :: Customer (n.) One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.
Nundination :: Nundination (n.) Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.
Buy :: Buy (v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
Jobber :: "Jobber (n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers..
Againbuy :: Againbuy (v. t.) To redeem.
Ticketing :: Ticketing (n.) A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
Nundinate :: Nundinate (a.) To buy and sell at fairs or markets.
Scalper :: Scalper (n.) A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper..
Buying :: Buying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bu.
Fair :: Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade..
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock..
Speculator :: Speculator (n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price..
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