bi- vs buy vs by vs bye
Definitions
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- be worth or be capable of buying
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
noun
- an advantageous purchase
Examples
It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
Looking at Yankee Stadium (home of the world champion Yankees) it appears you can buy a ticket for one of the nosebleed seats, and then after the game starts pick any seat you want from about row 10 up.
Definitions
adverb
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
Examples
The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.
By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
Definitions
noun
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a farewell remark
Examples
Simply smooth a little on your face at night, lie back and say goodbye to dull and lifeless skin.
The family didn't want a gastrostomy tube placed, but they weren't ready to say goodbye, either.
Enjoy these nutritious, easy-to-make meals all summer, and say goodbye to your excess pounds - and aloha to a slimmer you!
