Tom: That's an awful fancy TV. Are you sure you can afford it? Jane: I'm buying it on time.
•I bought the sofa on time, but I paid cash for the chairs.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
buy — [[t]ba͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ buys, buying, bought 1) VERB If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it. [V n] He could not afford to buy a house... [V n] They can now be bought fresh in supermarkets... [V pron refl … English dictionary
buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all… … English World dictionary
buy — buy1 [ baı ] (past tense and past participle bought [ bɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to get something by paying money for it: I need to buy some new clothes. Now you can buy and sell shares on the Internet. Tickets can be bought … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
buy — I UK [baɪ] / US verb Word forms buy : present tense I/you/we/they buy he/she/it buys present participle buying past tense bought UK [bɔːt] / US [bɔt] past participle bought *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to get something by paying money for… … English dictionary
buy — buy1 W1S1 [baı] v past tense and past participle bought [bo:t US bo:t] [: Old English; Origin: bycgan] 1.) a) [I and T] to get something by paying money for it ≠ ↑sell ▪ Where did you buy that dress? ▪ Ricky showed her the painting he d bought… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Buy — To purchase an asset; taking a long position. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. buy buy 1 [baɪ] verb bought PTandPP [bɔt ǁ bɒːt] [transitive] 1 … Financial and business terms
buy — To purchase an asset; taking a long position. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary bid (or buy) An offer to buy a specific quantity of a commodity at a stated price. The price that the market participants are willing to pay. Chicago Mercantile Exchange … Financial and business terms
buy — 1 /baI/ verb past tense and past participle bought 1 a) (I, T) to get something by paying money for it: Where did you buy that dress? | buy sb sth: Let me buy you a drink. | buy sth for: Sally s buying new curtains for the bedroom. | buy sth from … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
buy*/*/*/ — [baɪ] (past tense and past participle bought [bɔːt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to get something by paying money for it I need to buy some clothes.[/ex] He s always buying me presents.[/ex] When I go away on business, I usually buy something for my… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
buy time — verb act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑hold up • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * delay an event temporarily so as to … Useful english dictionary
time — [[t]ta͟ɪm[/t]] ♦ times, timing, timed 1) N UNCOUNT Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years. ...a two week period of time... Time passed, and still Ma did not appear... As time went on the visits got more and more regular... The … English dictionary
