- buy in
- verbamass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use-
let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
• Topics: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism• Hyponyms: ↑overstock, ↑understock• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
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transitive verb1. : to buy a number or quantity of (as stock in a fund or partnership)2. : to buy (undelivered securities or commodities) according to the rules of the exchange by claiming against the original seller the difference in price and expense of broker's commissions3. : to buy for oneself (what one has offered to sell at auction)1. : to buy a place in a stock company or regiment2. : to cover a commodity or security contract previously sold short* * *
buy in1. To collect a stock (of) by buying2. To buy shares3. To buy into4. To buy back for the owner at an auction when the reserve price is not reached (buyˈ-in noun)• • •Main Entry: ↑buy* * *
ˌbuy ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they buy in he/she/it buys in present participle buying in past tense bought in past participle bought in] british phrasal verbto buy a large quantity of somethingSupermarkets have been buying in champagne for Christmas.
Thesaurus: to buy somethingsynonymMain entry: buy* * *
buy in [phrasal verb]Be sure to buy in a lot of tinned food in case we're snowed up.
• • •Main Entry: ↑buy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.