[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/buy.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / buy

[← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/B/)

# buy

«buy» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get something by paying money for it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (buy, buys, bought, buying); noun (a good buy)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To buy is to get something by paying money for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#m1)

2) A buy is something bought: this coat was a good buy (it was worth the money). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

getting more things, on different days or in packs; or spending money; in maths shop problems: the buyer gets more things (add) but has less money (subtract the price); «buy N packs of M» = N × M; in everyday life shopping, «buy one, get one free»

### examples

- Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday. How many cards did Ben buy in total? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x1)
- Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x2)
- Sam has 20 pence and buys a pen for 7 pence. How much money is left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x3)
- We buy bread at the bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x4)
- I saved my pocket money to buy a new ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x5)
- Mum bought a bag of apples for 3 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x6)
- Can I buy a ticket here? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x7)
- It is cheaper to buy a big pack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x8)
- “But why did you buy me? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x9)

### note

Past form «bought» (not «buyed»). Buying gives the buyer more things: with two buys and «in total» add, with «packs … a pack holds» multiply. Trap: the money goes down when you buy: subtract the price. Do not mix «buy» with «by» and «bye»: all three sound the same.

### In the corpora

- [Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/0/)
- [Some families rent their home from a landlord; others are buying it with a huge loan from a bank called a mortgage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/2/)
- [A deposit for buying a home is often tens of thousands of pounds, and saving for it can take years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/19/)
- [Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/4/)
- [Buy now pay later splits a purchase into instalments; it is still borrowing, with charges if a payment is late.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «buy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.