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buy down

buy down verb: to reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.

Verb

buy down (third-person singular simple present buys down, present participle buying down, simple past and past participle bought down)

  1. (transitive) To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.

Forms of buy down

third-person singular presentbuys down
present participlebuying down
past participlebought down
pastbought down

Questions about buy down

What does buy down mean?
Buy down means to reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
What part of speech is buy down?
Buy down is a verb.
What is the past tense of buy down?
The past tense of buy down is bought down.

Words near buy down in the dictionary

  1. buy back
  2. buy backs
  3. buy boat
  4. buy boats
  5. buy cheap, buy twice
  6. buy down
  7. buy high, sell higher
  8. buy in
  9. buy into
  10. buy it
  11. buy low, sell high

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