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buying in

buying in is the present participle and gerund of buy in.

Meaning of buy in

Verb

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

  1. To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
  2. To invest as part of a group; to put one's personal stake in an investment.
  3. To buy back for the owner at an auction.
  4. For the buyer of securities, whose seller fails to deliver the securities contracted for, to buy the securities from a third party and demand the difference in price from the original seller.
  5. To stock (something) by buying inventory from a third party.
    • They buy in coffee beans from a distributor in Carrolton.

Questions about buying in

What is buying in the present participle and gerund of?
Buying in is the present participle and gerund of buy in.

Words near buying in in the dictionary

  1. buying a ticket to
  2. buying back
  3. buying down
  4. buying guide
  5. buying guides
  6. buying in
  7. buying into
  8. buying it
  9. buying off
  10. buying off on
  11. buying out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buying in (page history and authors); buy in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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