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buy

Ngoại động từNội động từ

Số nhiều: buysQuá khứ: boughtPhân từ 2: boughtV-ing: buying

This word carries a transactional weight, focusing on the exchange of value. While purchase is more formal and often used in legal or business documents, buy is the standard for daily conversation and casual commerce. When used in a non-financial sense, it describes a mental leap of faith. To buy an idea or a story means to be convinced of its validity, often implying that the speaker was initially skeptical or that the claim is a stretch.

Ý nghĩa

Ngoại động từ

[someone][something]

To acquire something by paying money for it.

"I need to buy some milk."

Ngoại động từ

[someone][something]

To accept something as true or believable.

"I can't buy his excuse for being late."

Nội động từ

To purchase goods in general.

"I prefer to buy local."

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