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  • 61buy-in — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms buy in : singular buy in plural buy ins business a situation in which a group of managers buys some or all of the shares in a company that they do not work for See: buyout …

    English dictionary

  • 62buy — /baɪ/ verb to get something by paying money ● to buy wholesale and sell retail ● to buy for cash ● He bought 10,000 shares. ● The company has been bought by its leading supplier. (NOTE: buying bought) ♦ buy one get one free giving free gifts to… …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 63buy in — /ˌbaɪ ɪn/ verb 1. (of a seller at an auction) to buy the thing which you are trying to sell because no one will pay the price you want 2. to buy stock to cover a position 3. (of a company) to buy its own shares …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 64buy it — tv. to die. (See also buy the farm; buy the big one.) □ For a minute, I thought I was going to buy it. □ He lay there coughing for a few minutes, and then he bought it …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 65buy up — transitive verb Date: circa 1534 1. to buy freely or extensively 2. to buy the entire available supply of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 66Buy — Recorded in the spellings of By, Bye, Buy, and Buye, this is a surname of Olde English pre 7th century origins. It is residential, and describes one who lived by a byge . This was a prominent bend of a river, or perhaps a feature of the… …

    Surnames reference

  • 67Buy — Original name in latin Buy Name in other language BUJ, Buj, Buy, БУЙ, Буй State code RU Continent/City Europe/Moscow longitude 58.48067 latitude 41.53699 altitude 99 Population 26486 Date 2012 02 28 …

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  • 68buy it — vb to die or meet disaster. A euphemism often ascribed to airforce pilots in war comics and films. It may derive from the expression to buy or pay dearly (i.e. with one s life) or may be a shortening of the American buy the farm. ► I m sorry,… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 69buy it —    to be killed or wounded in action    A military usage, from acquiring the missile which hits you:     They bought it all except me. I d gone for a walk... you know, with a spade. (Manning, 1978, writing of soldiers killed in the Western… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 70buy-in — /ˈbaɪ ɪn/ (say buy in) noun 1. Poker the amount contributed by each player in exchange for a set number of chips. 2. commitment to a project, product, etc.: to generate a staff buy in to a new corporate plan …