noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making a purchase. countable, uncountable

   "[…] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]"

2. 2
   the act of buying wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of buy form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

buyconsumerismhire purchasemarketingpurchasepurchasing

Antonyms

All antonyms

rentsaleselling

Example

More examples

"Before buying shoes, you should try them on."

Etymology

From buy + -ing.

Related phrases

buying the dipimpulse buyingpanic buyingrevenge buying

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