āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to buy
01
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§
to get something in exchange for paying money
Transitive: to buy sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He bought a new phone to replace his old one.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĢā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻž, āĻā§āĻˇ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to persuade a particular person to do something illegal or dishonest in exchange for money
Transitive: to buy sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The officer could n't be bought, even with a hefty bribe.
āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻˇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĨ¤
1.2
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž, āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to acquire something by trading or sacrificing something else of significant value
Transitive: to buy something desirable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Their beautiful home was bought with years of saving and financial planning.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
1.3
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(of money) to be enough to pay for a particular thing
Transitive: to buy sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Saving for a year can buy a nice vacation.
āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to accept, believe, or trust something as true
Transitive: to buy an excuse
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She bought his story about the lost package.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ
an advantageous purchase
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
buyer
buying
buy
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
