Explore Buy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like purchase or get. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Buy meaning
- To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
Synonyms of Buy
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Using Buy
- The main meaning on this page is: To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods. | To obtain, especially by some sacrifice. | To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
- Useful related words include: purchase, get, acquire, believe.
- Possible Dutch translations are: kopen, aanschaffen, aankopen.
- In the example corpus, buy often appears in combinations such as: buy rating, strong buy, issued buy.
Context around Buy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buy
- In this selection, "buy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strong, best, neutral, rating, zone and too stand out and add context to how "buy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a strong buy rating to, issued a buy rating and, buy rating, strong buy and issued buy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "buy" sits close to words such as human, lost and staff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Buy Buy Baby draws sale interest in Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcyaol. (11 words)
Every day, in a thousand subtle and not-so-subtle ways, we are encouraged to buy, buy, buy. (18 words)
Amazingly, out of 38 Wall Street on Amazon, 37 of them are “buy” (or the equivalent of “buy”). (18 words)
When it comes to AI Asset Management in particular, Jordaan explained there were various ways in which AI could be used to solve investment and trading problems, such as what to buy or sell, how much to buy or sell and when to buy or sell. (46 words)
As rates continue to rise, it’s hard to know when to bite the bullet ie. buy too early and miss out when the rates rise substantially … buy too late and miss out on all that time the money could have been earning more than 1+%. (46 words)
To help you make the most out of Best Buy's Black Friday campaign, we've checked out all the best Black Friday deals and doorbusters from the Best Buy Black Friday ad that you can already buy online. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
When it comes to AI Asset Management in particular, Jordaan explained there were various ways in which AI could be used to solve investment and trading problems, such as what to buy or sell, how much to buy or sell and when to buy or sell.
Every day, in a thousand subtle and not-so-subtle ways, we are encouraged to buy, buy, buy.
To help you make the most out of Best Buy's Black Friday campaign, we've checked out all the best Black Friday deals and doorbusters from the Best Buy Black Friday ad that you can already buy online.
All the people who think you need to buy buy buy and spend spend spend because money rules all.
If you own a PlayStation 4, or are planning to buy one soon, the only question is how many of these membership years you should buy, not whether you should buy them.
If you own a PlayStation 4, or are planning to buy one soon, the only question is how many you should buy, not whether you should buy it.
They can return to the buy area within a set amount of time to buy more equipment (some custom maps included neutral "buy zones" that could be used by both teams).
Amazingly, out of 38 Wall Street on Amazon, 37 of them are “buy” (or the equivalent of “buy”).
Among these authors, only 10 of them rated the stock as a “buy” or “strong buy” (this author being one of them).
And after applying this discount, DIN's ideal buy zone comes in at $42.30, suggesting that the stock is nowhere near a low-risk buy zone after its recent rally.
As rates continue to rise, it’s hard to know when to bite the bullet ie. buy too early and miss out when the rates rise substantially … buy too late and miss out on all that time the money could have been earning more than 1+%.
BLK shares have outperformed since my initial buy recommendation, and I am now upgrading the stock to a strong buy.
Buy Buy Baby draws sale interest in Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcyaol.
Don't buy the stock for its dividend only to see it cut in half, buy after the dividend cut.
Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock.
Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock.
Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company.
Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock.
Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company.
Fans looking to buy tickets can buy them on the NBA Experiences website, where the tickets are bundled in packages.
Phrases with buy
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with buy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- buy rating 293×
- strong buy 140×
- issued buy 47×
- assigned buy 45×
- given buy 36×
- to buy 31×
- with buy 23×
- buy and 18×
- of buy 17×
- buy buy 12×