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 monet
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ary 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
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(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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Foreclosed Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | Law. | a. | to deprive (a mortgagor or ple
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dgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, esp. on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee. | | b. | to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge). | | | 2. | to shut out; exclude; bar. | | 3. | to hinder or prevent, as from doing something. | | 4. | to establish an exclusive claim to. | | 5. | to close, settle, or answer beforehand. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to foreclose a mortgage or pledge. | |
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House Definition–noun | 1. | a building in which people live; residence for human beings. | | 3. | (often initial capital letter ) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg. | | 4. | a building for any purpose: a house of worship. | | 5. | a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house. | | 6. | the audience of a theater or the like. | | 7. | a place of shelter for an animal, bird, etc. | | 8. | the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets. | | 9. | (initial capital letter) the body itself, esp. of a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives. | | 10. | a quorum of such a body. | | 11. | (often initial capital letter) a commercial establishment; business firm: the House of Rothschild; a publishing house. | | 13. | the management of a commercial establishment or of a gambling casino: rules of the house. | | 14. | an advisory or deliberative group, esp. in church or college affairs. | | 15. | a college in an English-type university. | | 16. | a residential hall in a college or school; dormitory. | | 17. | the members or residents of any such residential hall. | | 18. | Informal. a brothel; whorehouse. | | 19. | British. a variety of lotto or bingo played with paper and pencil, esp. by soldiers as a gambling game. | | 20. | Also called parish. Curling. the area enclosed by a circle 12 or 14 ft. (3.7 or 4.2 m) in diameter at each end of the rink, having the tee in the center. | | 21. | Nautical. any enclosed shelter above the weather deck of a vessel: bridge house; deck house. | | 22. | Astrology. one of the 12 divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the eastern horizon. | –verb (used with object) | 23. | to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or living quarters: More than 200 students were housed in the dormitory. | | 24. | to give shelter to; harbor; lodge: to house flood victims in schools. | | 25. | to provide with a place to work, study, or the like: This building houses our executive staff. | | 26. | to provide storage space for; be a receptacle for or repository of: The library houses 600,000 books. | | 27. | to remove from exposure; put in a safe place. | | 28. | Nautical. | b. | to lower (an upper mast) and make secure, as alongside the lower mast. | | c. | to heave (an anchor) home. | | | 29. | Carpentry. | a. | to fit the end or edge of (a board or the like) into a notch, hole, or groove. | | b. | to form (a joint) between two pieces of wood by fitting the end or edge of one into a dado of the other. | | –verb (used without object) | 30. | to take shelter; dwell. | –adjective | 31. | of, pertaining to, or noting a house. | | 32. | for or suitable for a house: house paint. | | 33. | of or being a product made by or for a specific retailer and often sold under the store's own label: You'll save money on the radio if you buy the house brand. | | 34. | served by a restaurant as its customary brand: the house wine. | —Idioms | 35. | bring down the house, to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful: The children's performances brought down the house. | | 36. | clean house. clean (def. 48). | | 37. | dress the house, Theater. | a. | to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house. | | b. | to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is. | | | 38. | keep house, to maintain a home; manage a household. | | 39. | like a house on fire or afire, very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm: The new product took off like a house on fire. | | 40. | on the house, as a gift from the management; free: Tonight the drinks are on the house. | | 41. | put or set one's house in order, | a. | to settle one's affairs. | | b. | to improve one's behavior or correct one's faults: It is easy to criticize others, but it would be better to put one's own house in order first. | | From DictionaryRelated topics from Britannicamortgage
in Anglo-American law, any of a number of related devices in which a debtor (mortgagor) conveys an interest in property to a creditor (mortgagee) as security for the payment of a money debt. The ...
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