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买
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Definitions
- 1. to buy
- 2. to purchase
Example Sentences
1 shown买 单。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 买
buyer; purchaser
to buy and sell
to buy detail
to ingratiate oneself
buying and selling on speculation
to buy a house
Time is precious.
buying price
to bribe
to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
to do one's shopping
to bribe
to buy a title
GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll
see 買路錢|买路钱[mǎi lù qián]
buying and selling at fair prices
to allow sb to save face
to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)
to pay the restaurant bill
purchaser
to purchase
buyer (in contracts)
a one-off, short-sighted deal
to offer a bribe
buyer's market
to buy back
Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
to purchase
to force sb to buy or sell
to buy tickets
(Internet slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics \I love Poland\ that became a catchphrase in 2018
to purchase; to buy
buy one, get one free
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
Jamaica
cannot afford
to do one's shopping
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
to buy out
purchasing power
to buy in bulk
buying and selling
lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
to visit a prostitute
Best Buy (retailer)
fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
to buy (finance)
money can't buy happiness
to buy popular support
customer
dynamite (loanword)
comprador
fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
buying and selling of official positions
to buy on margin (finance)
to purchase
to buy and sell at a profit