Buy Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, esp. in money; purchase. | | 2. | to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery. | | 3. | to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder. | | 4. | to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought. | | 5. | to be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of: Ten dollars buys less than it used to. | | 6. | Chiefly Theology. to redeem; ransom. | | 7. | Cards. to draw or be dealt (a card): He bought an ace. | | 8. | Informal. | a. | to accept or believe: I don't buy that explanation. | | b. | to be deceived by: He bought the whole story. | | –verb (used without object) | 9. | to be or become a purchaser. | –noun | 10. | an act or instance of buying. | | 11. | something bought or to be bought; purchase: That coat was a sensible buy. | | 12. | a bargain: The couch was a real buy. | —Verb phrases | 13. | buy down, to lower or reduce (the mortgage interest rate) by means of a buy-down. | | 14. | buy in, | a. | to buy a supply of; accumulate a stock of. | | b. | to buy back one's own possession at an auction. | | c. | to undertake a buy-in. | Also, buy into. | | 15. | buy into, to purchase a share, interest, or membership in: They tried to buy into the club but were not accepted. | | 16. | buy off, to get rid of (a claim, opposition, etc.) by payment; purchase the noninterference of; bribe: The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him. | | 17. | buy out, to secure all of (an owner or partner's) share or interest in an enterprise: She bought out an established pharmacist and is doing very well. | | 18. | buy up, to buy as much as one can of something or as much as is offered for sale: He bought up the last of the strawberries at the fruit market. | —Idiom | 19. | buy it, Slang. to get killed: He bought it at Dunkirk. | |
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Diploma Definition–noun | 1. | a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study. | | 2. | a document conferring some honor, privilege, or power. | | 3. | a public or official document, esp. one of historical interest: a diploma from Carolingian times. | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to grant or award a diploma to. | |
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Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Diploma up ahead of prelims, Altlium "buy"
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DIPLOMA PLC Consensus Recommendation: BUY
Macro World Investor - Found Aug. 30, 2008
Company: DIPLOMA PLC Consensus Recommendation: BUY (Strong Buy: 3, Buy: 0, Hold: 1, Underperform: 0, Sell: 0) Quarter Consensus Estimate [Q4]: N/A FY ...
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DIPLOMA PLC Consensus Recommendation: BUY
Calibre Macro World - Found Aug. 30, 2008
Company: DIPLOMA PLC Consensus Recommendation: BUY (Strong Buy: 3, Buy: 0, Hold: 1, Underperform: 0, Sell: 0) Quarter Consensus Estimate [Q4]: N/A FY ...
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Guard and Reserve: Education
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City and plunging sales at its fellow US retailer Best Buy will not have ... 126p Next week sees finals arrive from support group Diploma on Monday
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Read this morning's Plain Dealer and award yourself a diploma. ... The Jacobs Group has agreed to buy the parking lot at the old Geauga Lake
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