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

mua

tạo

tậu

thứ mua tậu

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. (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]