Underbuy

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To buy at less than the value of. transitive
  2. 2
    To buy at less than the price of another. transitive
  3. 3
    To buy too little. ambitransitive

    "Well, just as you can overbuy when selecting a home, you can underbuy. That's what Nathan and Rebecca did when they bought their first home. They believed in living within their means — a good thing — but they took it to an extreme."

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"Well, just as you can overbuy when selecting a home, you can underbuy. That's what Nathan and Rebecca did when they bought their first home. They believed in living within their means — a good thing — but they took it to an extreme."

Etymology

From under- + buy.

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