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UK
/bˈaɪɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈbaɪɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbaɪɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of buying
buying and selling fill their days
shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge
How To Use buying In A Sentence
- Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
- He expressed his racial hatred for everyone, especially OBama making veiled death threats, spoke of other dangerous topics etc … and then offered to sell me a mosser rifle as he was buying a a whole shippment of them. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
- Although the majority of slaves lived and died in bondage, the intelligent and enterprising slave lived in the hope of eventually buying his freedom.
- Of course, professional framing costs a bit more than buying a frame at Wal-mart and doing it yourself, but with something that really matters to you, its generally a good idea anyway.
- The figures are a useful guideline when buying a house.
- But I am uncomfortable with the way he talks me into buying and wearing the costumes. The Sun
- Here we consider renting rather than buying a car outright can help more cash. Times, Sunday Times
- Also be careful when buying fortified wines and ports as some can be unbearably sweet or acidic.
- They having observed where the Chest stood, and wanting a necessary mooveable to houshold, yet loath to lay out money for buying it: complotted together this very night, to steale it thence, and carry it home to their house, as accordingly they did; finding it somewhat heavy, and therefore imagining, that matter of woorth was contained therein. The Decameron
- Buying in a smaller city or coastal town gives them a more balanced lifestyle without the cold turkey of going without any urban facilities. Times, Sunday Times