Buycott

//ˈbaɪkɒt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.

    "And, in addition to the boycott, double your power via the "buycott" by giving your cash to firms and services that are notably behaving themselves."

Verb
  1. 1
    To support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products. transitive

    "Proponents of buycotting see these premiums as pure political expression: citizens’ parting with money to refine the world."

Example

More examples

"And, in addition to the boycott, double your power via the "buycott" by giving your cash to firms and services that are notably behaving themselves."

Etymology

Blend of buy + boycott.

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