buy

buy
buy
A n
1 (bargain) a good/bad buy une bonne/mauvaise affaire ;
2 (purchase) acquisition f ; sb's latest buy l'acquisition la plus récente de qn.
B vtr (prét, pp bought)
1 (purchase) acheter [food, car, shares, house] (from sb à qn) ; to buy sth from the supermarket/from the baker's/from Buymore acheter qch au supermarché/chez le boulanger/chez Buymore ; to buy sth for sb acheter qch pour qn ; to buy sb sth acheter qch à qn ; the best that money can buy ce qui se fait de mieux ; the best car that money can buy la meilleure voiture qui soit ;
2 (obtain with money) acheter [fame, freedom, friends] ; happiness can't be bought le bonheur ne s'achète pas ; we managed to buy some time nous avons réussi à gagner du temps ;
3 (bribe) acheter [loyalty, silence, person] ; she can't be bought elle est incorruptible ;
4 ○ (believe) avaler ○ , croire [story, excuse] ; I'm not buying that! on ne me fera pas avaler ça ○ ! ; she bought it elle a marché ○ .
C v refl (prét, pp bought) to buy oneself sth s'acheter qch.
Idiom
to buy it ○ (die) casser sa pipe ○
Phrasal verbs
■ buy in GB :
▶ buy [sth] in, buy in [sth] s'approvisionner en [food, coal].
■ buy into :
▶ buy into [sth] Comm acheter or acquérir une part dans [firm, partnership].
■ buy off :
▶ buy [sb] off, buy off [sb] acheter [person, witness].
■ buy out :
▶ buy [sb] out, buy out [sb] Comm racheter la part de [co-owner] ; Mil racheter [soldier] ; to buy oneself out of racheter son engagement dans [army].
■ buy up :
▶ buy up [sth], buy [sth] up acheter systématiquement [shares, property].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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