Definition: an advantageous purchase
Usage: she got a bargain at the auction; the stock was a real buy at that price
Similar words: purchase
Definition: something acquired by purchase
Synonyms: buy
Definition: accept as true
Usage: I can't buy this story
Similar words: believe
Definition: accept as true; take to be true
Usage: I believed his report; We didn't believe his stories from the War; She believes in spirits
Definition: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
Usage: The family purchased a new car; The conglomerate acquired a new company; She buys for the big department store
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: buy
Definition: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
Usage: She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: grease one's palms, corrupt, bribe, buy
Definition: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
Usage: This judge can be bought
Similar words: pay
Definition: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
Usage: I paid four dollars for this sandwich; Pay the waitress, please
Synonyms: buy
Definition: be worth or be capable of buying
Usage: This sum will buy you a ride on the train
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer