cross-buy
cross-buy noun: a feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the versions for other platforms or devices at no additional cost.
Noun
cross-buy (countable and uncountable, plural cross-buys)
- A feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the versions for other platforms or devices at no additional cost.
- A product purchased according to this scheme.
Verb
cross-buy (third-person singular simple present cross-buys, present participle cross-buying, simple past and past participle cross-bought)
- To purchase (a product) according to this scheme.
Forms of cross-buy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cross-buys |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cross-buys |
| present participle | cross-buying |
| past participle | cross-bought |
| past | cross-bought |
Origin of cross-buy
From cross- + buy.
Questions about cross-buy
- What does cross-buy mean?
- Cross-buy means a feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the versions for other platforms or devices at no additional cost.
- What part of speech is cross-buy?
- Cross-buy can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of cross-buy?
- The plural of cross-buy is cross-buys.
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