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underbuy

underbuy verb: to buy at less than the value of.

Verb

underbuy (third-person singular simple present underbuys, present participle underbuying, simple past and past participle underbought)

  1. (transitive) To buy at less than the value of.
  2. (transitive) To buy at less than the price of another.
  3. (ambitransitive) To buy too little.
    • Well, just as you can overbuy when selecting a home, you can underbuy. That's what Nathan and Rebecca did when they bought their first home. They believed in living within their means — a good thing — but they took it to an extreme.2009, Eric Tyson, Ray Brown, Home Buying for Dummies

Forms of underbuy

third-person singular presentunderbuys
present participleunderbuying
past participleunderbought
pastunderbought

Origin of underbuy

From under- + buy.

Questions about underbuy

What does underbuy mean?
Underbuy means to buy at less than the value of.
What part of speech is underbuy?
Underbuy is a verb.
What is the past tense of underbuy?
The past tense of underbuy is underbought.

Words near underbuy in the dictionary

  1. underbusy
  2. underbutler
  3. underbutlers
  4. underbutt
  5. underbutts
  6. underbuy
  7. underbuying
  8. underbuys
  9. undercabinet
  10. undercaffeinated
  11. undercalculate

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