buy. Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

buy

NOUN:	1. Informal. Something offered or bought at a low price: bargain. Informal : deal. Slang : steal. See MONEY, TRANSACTIONS. 2. Something bought or capable of being bought: purchase. See GET, MONEY.
VERB:	1. Slang. To regard (something) as true or real: accept, believe. Slang : swallow. See OPINION. 2. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to. Also used with off: bribe. Informal : pay off. Idioms: grease someone's palm (or hand) . See CRIMES, MONEY, PERSUASION. 3. To acquire in exchange for money or something of equal value: purchase. See GET, MONEY.


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