buy

buy
buy [baɪ]
(preterite, past participle bought)
1. transitive verb
acheter (sth from sb qch à qn) (sth for sb qch pour or à qn)
• to buy o.s. sth s'acheter qch
• the things that money cannot buy les choses qui ne s'achètent pas
• the victory was dearly bought la victoire fut chèrement payée
• I'd like to buy you lunch j'aimerais t'inviter à déjeuner
• to buy time gagner du temps
• he won't buy that (inf) ( = believe) il ne gobera (inf) jamais ça
2. noun
• it was a good/bad buy c'était une bonne/mauvaise affaire
• tomatoes are a good buy at the moment les tomates sont bon marché en ce moment
3. compounds
► buy-back adjective [price, clause] de rachat
► buy in separable transitive verb
(British) [+ goods] s'approvisionner en
► buy into inseparable transitive verb
   a. [+ business, organization] acheter des parts de ; [+ industry] investir dans
   b. [+ set of beliefs, ideas] (inf) croire
► buy off separable transitive verb
[+ person, group] acheter (le silence de)
► buy out separable transitive verb
[+ business partner] racheter la part de
► buy up separable transitive verb
• they bought up all the stock ils ont acheté tout le stock
* * *
[baɪ] 1.
noun
1) (bargain)

a good/bad buy — une bonne/mauvaise affaire

2) (purchase) acquisition f
2.
transitive verb (prét, pp bought)
1) (purchase) acheter [food, car, shares, house] (from somebody à quelqu'un)

to buy something from the supermarket/from the baker's — acheter quelque chose au supermarché/chez le boulanger

to buy somebody something — acheter quelque chose à quelqu'un

the best that money can buy — ce qui se fait de mieux

2) (obtain with money) acheter [fame, freedom, friends]

to buy some time — gagner du temps

3) (bribe) acheter [loyalty, silence, person]

she can't be bought — elle est incorruptible

4) (colloq) (believe) avaler (colloq), croire
3.
reflexive verb (prét, pp bought)

to buy oneself something — s'acheter quelque chose

Phrasal Verbs:

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