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. |
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–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; accum
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| b. | to buy back one's own possession at an auction. |
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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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
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| 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
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–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. |
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| 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. |
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–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. |
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| 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. |
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