Buying 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
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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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Land Definition–noun | 1. | any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest. | | 2. | an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land. | | 3. | an area of ground with specific boundaries: to buy land on which to build a hous
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e. | | 4. | rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas: They left the land for the city. | | 5. | Law. | a. | any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand. | | b. | any legal interest held in land. | | | 6. | Economics. natural resources as a factor of production. | | 7. | a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country: They came from many lands. | | 8. | the people of a region or country | | 9. | Audio. the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record. | | 10. | a realm or domain: the land of the living. | | 11. | a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel. | | 12. | Scot. a tenement house. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane. | | 14. | to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail. | | 15. | Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job. | | 16. | Angling. to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg. | | 18. | to go or come ashore from a ship or boat. | | 19. | to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like: to land on both feet. | | 20. | to hit or strike the ground, as from a height: The ball landed at the far side of the court. | | 21. | to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something: The golf ball landed in the lake. | | 22. | to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes fol. by up): to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home. | —Verb phrase | 23. | land on, Informal. to reprimand; criticize: His mother landed on him for coming home so late. | —Idioms | 24. | land on one's feet. foot (def. 40). | | 25. | see how the land lies, to investigate in advance; inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting: You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal. Compare lay of the land. | |
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