{
    "term": "buy",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "buy",
            "heSheIt": "buys"
        },
        "pastSimple": "bought",
        "pastParticiple": "bought",
        "ingForm": "buying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to obtain something by paying money for it",
            "sensetop": "buy (something)buy something from somebody/somethingbuy something off somebody/somethingbuy somebody somethingbuy something for somebodybuy something + adv./prep.+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where did you buy that dress?",
                    "contextForm": "buy (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had no **money to buy** a ticket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They can't **afford to buy** school books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you're thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought it from a friend for £10.",
                    "contextForm": "buy something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bought it off eBay for $50.",
                    "contextForm": "buy something off somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mum bought me a new coat.",
                    "contextForm": "buy somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mum bought a new coat for me.",
                    "contextForm": "buy something for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought my car second-hand.",
                    "contextForm": "buy something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **buy **all their groceries **in bulk **."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's generally cheaper if you **buy online**.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They make their money by **buying cheap** and selling dear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They bought a car for their daughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought it for $25."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bought some books from a friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't afford to buy a new car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Old bicycles can be bought quite cheaply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She makes her living buying and selling antiques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Was the produce imported or bought locally?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can afford to buy enough paint to do the whole house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young people are very comfortable buying online."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Money", "Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["cheaply", "online", "locally"],
                "verb + buy": ["can afford to", "can’t afford to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for", "from"],
                "phrases": ["buy and sell", "money can buy", "money can’t buy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be enough to pay for something",
            "sensetop": "buy something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave his children the best education that money can buy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are some things money can't buy."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["cheaply", "online", "locally"],
                "verb + buy": ["can afford to", "can’t afford to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for", "from"],
                "phrases": ["buy and sell", "money can buy", "money can’t buy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to persuade somebody to do something dishonest in return for money",
            "sensetop": "buy somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He can't be bought *(= he's too honest to accept money in this way)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to obtain something by losing something else of great value",
            "sensetop": "buy something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to believe that something is true, especially something that is not very likely",
            "sensetop": "buy something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You could say you were ill but I don't think they'd **buy it** *(= accept the explanation)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the very best",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We make sure our clients get the best that money can buy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have been killed, especially in an accident or a war",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Joe finally bought it in a plane crash in Tunisia."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country",
            "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to die",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something in order to delay an event, a decision, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The negotiators kept the gunman talking to buy time for the hostages."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Buying online can mean buying a pig in a poke."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to sell somebody something/to buy something that has no value or is worth much less than the price paid",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪ/",
                "audio": "bu/buy/buy__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪz/",
                "audio": "bu/buy/buys__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔːt/",
                "audio": "bo/buy/bought__gb_14.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bu/buy/buying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪ/",
                "audio": "bu/buy/buy__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪz/",
                "audio": "bu/buy/buys__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔːt/",
                "audio": "bo/buy/bought__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bu/buy/buying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin."
}