Buy

bī, v.t. to purchase for money: to bribe: to obtain in exchange for something:— pr.p. buy′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. bought (bawt).— adj. Buy′able , capable of being bought.— n. Buy′er , one who buys, a purchaser.— Buy and sell ( Shak. ), to barter; Buy in , to purchase a stock: to buy back for the owner at an auction; Buy off , or out , to gain release from military service by payment of money; Buy over , to gain by bribery; Buy up , to purchase the whole stock. [A.S. bycgan ; Goth. bugjan .]