buying
/ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/
buying is the present participle and gerund of buy.
Meaning of buy
Verb
buy (third-person singular simple present buys, present participle buying, simple past bought, past participle bought or (archaic, rare, dialectal) boughten)
- To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
- To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
- To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
- VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood,
As I am Iacke Strawe, thou ſhalt buy it with thy blood.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
- VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood,
- To bribe.
- He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
- To be equivalent to in value.
- The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
- to accept as true; to believe
- I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
Noun
buying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)
- The act of making a purchase.
- […] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]1707, A General Discourse of Commerce, page 126
- "He's hanging back to make an excuse of going to town for the spring buying, and it won't do."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 37
Forms of buying
| plural | buyings |
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Origin of buying
From buy + -ing.
Words formed from buying
Phrases with buying
- buying in
- buying it
- buying up
- buying off
- buying out
- buying back
- buying down
- buying into
- buying over
- buying time
- vote buying
- buying a pup
22 more phrasesFewer phrases
- buying guide
- buying power
- group buying
- buying guides
- buying off on
- buying powers
- buying to let
- buying the dips
- buying the rack
- buying some time
- buying the rumor
- buying the rabbit
- collective buying
- buying a ticket to
- buying temperature
- buying the big one
- buying temperatures
- buying wolf tickets
- buying out from under
- buying with one's ears
- buying straw hats in winter
- buying a dog and barking oneself
Words that rhyme with buying
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- bespying
- clying
- complying
- decrying
- defying
- denying
- descrying
- dyeing
- espying
- forbuying
- frying
- goodbyeing
- high-flying
- highing
- implying
- lyeing
- lying
- mistrying
- nighing
- outvying
- pieing
- plying
- prying
- rebuying
- redyeing
- refrying
- relying
- replying
- retrying
- retying
- scrying
- shanghaiing
- shying
- sighing
- skying
- speed flying
- spying
- stying
- supplying
- thighing
- unbuying
- uncrying
- undrying
- undyeing
- undying
- unflying
- unfrying
- unlying
Questions about buying
- What does buying mean?
- Buying means the act of making a purchase.
- What is buying the present participle and gerund of?
- Buying is the present participle and gerund of buy.
- What part of speech is buying?
- Buying is a noun.
- How do you pronounce buying?
- Buying is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of buying?
- The plural of buying is buyings.
Words near buying in the dictionary
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