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outbuy

UK/aʊtˈbaɪ/

outbuy verb: to spend more money than (someone) buying goods.

Verb

outbuy (third-person singular simple present outbuys, present participle outbuying, simple past and past participle outbought)

  1. (transitive) To spend more money than (someone) buying goods.
  2. (transitive) To outbid (someone) for something.
  3. (transitive) To reach a better purchase bargain than (someone).

Forms of outbuy

third-person singular presentoutbuys
present participleoutbuying
past participleoutbought
pastoutbought

Origin of outbuy

From out- + buy.

Questions about outbuy

What does outbuy mean?
Outbuy means to spend more money than (someone) buying goods.
What part of speech is outbuy?
Outbuy is a verb.
How do you pronounce outbuy?
Outbuy is pronounced /aʊtˈbaɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of outbuy?
The past tense of outbuy is outbought.

Words near outbuy in the dictionary

  1. outbutchers
  2. outbutt
  3. outbutted
  4. outbutting
  5. outbutts
  6. outbuy
  7. outbuying
  8. outbuys
  9. outbuzz
  10. outbuzzed
  11. outbuzzes

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