Mua

(nghĩa bóng) trả bằng giá; đạt được, được (cái gì bằng một sự hy sinh nào đó)

Mua chuộc, đút lót, hối lộ (ai)

(thông tục)

Sự mua

Vật mua

a good buy

món hời

to buy back

mua lại (cái gì mình đã bán đi)

to buy in

mua trữ

to buy in coal for the winter

mua trữ than cho mùa đông

Mua lại đồ của mình với giá cao nhất (trong cuộc bán đấu giá)

(từ lóng) mua chức tước; xuỳ tiền ra để được gia nhập (một tổ chức...)

to buy into

mua cổ phần (của công ty...)

to buy off

đấm mồm, đút lót

to buy out

trả tiền (cho ai) để người ta bỏ chức vị hay tài sản

to buy over

mua chuộc, đút lót

to buy up

mua sạch, mua nhẵn, mua toàn bộ

to buy a pig in a poke

Xem pig

I'll buy it

(từ lóng) tớ xin chịu, tớ không biết (để trả lời một câu đố, hay một câu hỏi)

mua

tạo

tậu

thứ mua tậu

V.

Purchase; acquire, obtain, get, procure, gain, come by,secure: Where did you buy that hat?

Accept, allow, take,believe, swallow, go for: Did you buy his story about havinghis car stolen?

Bribe, suborn, pay off, buy off, corrupt:That customs man must have been bought or he wouldn't have letthe package through.

N.

Purchase, acquisition: We made a bad buy at the lastauction.

Also, good buy. bargain, Colloq US and Canadiansteal: If you paid only œ2,000, that was a real buy.

V. & n.

V. (buys, buying; past and past part. bought) 1 tr.a obtain in exchange for money etc. b (usu. in neg.) serve toobtain (money can't buy happiness).

Tr. a procure (theloyalty etc.) of a person by bribery, promises, etc. b win over(a person) in this way.

Tr. get by sacrifice, great effort,etc. (dearly bought; bought with our sweat).

Tr. sl. accept,believe in, approve of (it's a good scheme, I'll buy it; hebought it, he's so gullible).

Absol. be a buyer for a storeetc. (buys for Selfridges; are you buying or selling?).

N.colloq. a purchase (that sofa was a good buy).

Best buy thepurchase giving the best value in proportion to its price; abargain. buy in 1 buy a stock of.

Withdraw (an item) atauction because of failure to reach the reserve price. buy intoobtain a share in (an enterprise) by payment. buy it (usu. inpast) sl. be killed. buy off get rid of (a claim, a claimant,a blackmailer) by payment. buy oneself out obtain one's release(esp. from the armed services) by payment. buy out pay (aperson) to give up an ownership, interest, etc. buy-out n. thepurchase of a controlling share in a company etc. buy overbribe. buy time delay an event, conclusion, etc., temporarily.buy up 1 buy as much as possible of.

Absorb (another firmetc.) by purchase. [OE bycgan f. Gmc]