Bought Buy I Money Buying Baɪ Good Time

• where did you buy that dress?
• if you're thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy.
• i bought it from a friend for £10.
• he bought me a new coat.

buy

1. to obtain something by paying money for it
• opposite sell
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sell_1
• Where did you buy that dress?
• If you're thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy.
• I bought it from a friend for £10.
• He bought me a new coat.
• He bought a new coat for me.
• I bought my car second-hand.
2. to be enough to pay for something
• He gave his children the best education that money can buy.
• Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays.
3. to persuade somebody to do something dishonest in return for money
• synonym bribe
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bribe_2
• He can't be bought (= he's too honest to accept money in this way).
4. to obtain something by losing something else of great value
• Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage.
5. to believe that something is true, especially something that is not very likely
• You could say you were ill but I don't think they'd buy it (= accept the explanation).
6. the very best
• We make sure our clients get the best that money can buy.
7. to be killed, especially in an accident or a war
• Joe finally bought it in a plane crash in Tunisia.
8. to die
9. to do something in order to delay an event, a decision, etc.
• The negotiators kept the gunman talking to buy time for the hostages.
10. if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough
• Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.
11. to sell somebody or be sold something that has no value or is worth much less than the price paid

Extra Examples

• He bought a car for his daughter.
• I bought it for $25.
• I bought some books from a friend.
• I can’t afford to buy a new car.
• It’s the best that money can buy.
• Old bicycles can be bought quite cheaply.
• She makes her living buying and selling antiques.
• There are some things money can’t buy.
• Was the produce imported or bought locally?
• We can afford to buy enough paint to do the whole house.
• Young people are very comfortable buying online.
• Five pounds doesn’t buy much nowadays.
• I bought this from a friend for £10.
• If you’re thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they buy
• he / she / it buys
• past simple bought
• past participle bought
• -ing form buying

Word Origin

• Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin.