buy

English

/baɪ/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
  • (transitive) To obtain by some sacrifice.
  • (transitive) To bribe.
  • (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
  • (transitive) to accept as true; to believe
  • (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
  • (poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English byen inherited from Old English bycġan (redeem, get done, ransom, buy, acquire, sell, procure, pay for) inherited from *buggjan (buy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (buy, purchase) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (bend), *bʰeugʰ- (bow, deliver, bend, take away).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeugʰ-

Gloss

bow, deliver, bend, take away

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

弓

Emoji
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