Question

If you say that a person can be b_____, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment. verbIf you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.He could not afford to buy a house.They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets.Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike.I'd like to buy him lunch.If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money.About £70,000 buys a habitable house around here.If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because the pound will buy them more.If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return .It was a risky operation, but might buy more time.For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it.I'm not buying any of that nonsense.I bought into the popular myth that when I got the next house, I'd finally be happy.nounIf something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive .This was still a good buy even at the higher price. A1

Accepted Answer

buy buysbuyingbought

query	If you say that a person can be b_____, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money.If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money. Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.
word	buy
full-definition	verb If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it. He could not afford to buy a house. They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets. Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike. I'd like to buy him lunch. If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys, you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money. About £70,000 buys a habitable house around here. If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because the pound will buy them more. If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return . It was a risky operation, but might buy more time. For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment. If you say that a person can be bought, you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money. Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment. If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it. I'm not buying any of that nonsense. I bought into the popular myth that when I got the next house, I'd finally be happy. noun If something is a good buy, it is of good quality and not very expensive . This was still a good buy even at the higher price.
inflections	buysbuyingbought
cefr-level	A1

Buy Bought Return Money Person Criticizing Fact Give