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buycott

/ˈbaɪkɒt/

buycott noun: the opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.

Noun

buycott (plural buycotts)

  1. The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.
    • And, in addition to the boycott, double your power via the "buycott" by giving your cash to firms and services that are notably behaving themselves.2005 October 4, Leo Hickman, “Should I ... support a consumer boycott?”, in The Guardian
    • Within days, conservative celebrities and politicians called for a boycott of the brand. These calls were then followed by calls for a reverse boycott, or buycott, encouraging people to buy Bud Light to show support for the marketing.2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Verb

buycott (third-person singular simple present buycotts, present participle buycotting, simple past and past participle buycotted)

  1. (transitive) To support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products.
    • Proponents of buycotting see these premiums as pure political expression: citizens’ parting with money to refine the world.2009 October 11, Anand Giridharadas, “Boycotts Minus the Pain”, in New York Times

Forms of buycott

Noun
pluralbuycotts
Verb
third-person singular presentbuycotts
present participlebuycotting
past participlebuycotted
pastbuycotted

Origin of buycott

Blend of buy + boycott.

Questions about buycott

What does buycott mean?
Buycott means the opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.
What part of speech is buycott?
Buycott can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce buycott?
Buycott is pronounced /ˈbaɪkɒt/.
What is the plural of buycott?
The plural of buycott is buycotts.

Words near buycott in the dictionary

  1. buybacks
  2. buyboat
  3. buybull
  4. Buybulls
  5. buycentennial
  6. buycott
  7. buycotted
  8. buycotting
  9. buycotts
  10. buydown
  11. buydowns

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