v. 1 purchase; acquire, obtain, get, procure, gain, come by, secure Where did you buy that hat? 2 accept, allow, take, believe, swallow, go for Did you buy his story about having his car stolen? 3 bribe, suborn, pay off, buy off, corrupt: That customs man must have been bought or he wouldn't have let the package through
n. 4 purchase, acquisition We made a bad buy at the last auction 5 Also, good buy. bargain, Colloq US and Canadian steal If you paid only $2,000, that was a real buy