buy

buy
buy [{{t}}baɪ] (pt & pp bought [{{t}}bɔ:t])
1 transitive verb
(a) {{}}Commerce{{}} (purchase) acheter;
to buy sth for sb, to buy sb sth acheter qch à ou pour qn;
I'll buy it for you je te l'achète;
can I buy you a coffee? puis-je t'offrir un café?;
she didn't have a pen, so he bought her one elle n'avait pas de stylo, alors il lui en a acheté un;
she bought her car from her sister elle a racheté la voiture de sa sœur;
I'll buy it from you je te le rachète;
they bought it for £100 ils l'ont payé 100 livres;
have you bought the plane tickets? avez-vous pris les billets d'avion?;
you'd better buy the theatre tickets today tu devrais prendre ou louer les places de théâtre aujourd'hui;
we're out of coffee - I'll go and buy some more nous n'avons plus de café - je vais aller en racheter;
to buy sth new/second-hand/on credit acheter qch neuf/d'occasion/à crédit;
she bought herself a pair of skis elle s'est acheté une paire de skis;
you never buy yourself anything! tu ne t'achètes jamais rien!;
£20 won't buy you very much these days avec 20 livres, on ne va pas très loin de nos jours;
{{}}Stock Exchange{{}} to buy earnings investir en valeurs de croissance
(b) (gain, obtain)
to buy time gagner du temps;
she bought their freedom with her life elle paya leur liberté de sa vie;
a dearly bought advantage un avantage chèrement payé;
money can't buy you love/health/happiness l'amour/la santé/le bonheur ne s'achète pas
(c) (bribe) acheter;
I won't be bought on ne m'achètera pas
(d) {{}}familiar{{}} (believe)
she'll never buy that story elle n'avalera ou ne gobera jamais cette histoire;
do you think he'll buy it? tu crois qu'il va marcher?;
OK, I'll buy that! d'accord, je marche!
(e) {{}}familiar{{}} (idioms)
to buy it, {{}}American{{}} to buy the farm (die) passer l'arme à gauche
2 noun {{}}Commerce{{}} (purchase)
affaire f;
a good/bad buy une bonne/mauvaise affaire;
this car was a great buy cette voiture était une très bonne affaire
3 intransitive verb
acheter;
{{}}Stock Exchange{{}} to buy spot acheter au comptant;
to buy on credit acheter à crédit ou à terme;
to buy on margin acheter à découvert
►► {{}}Stock Exchange{{}} buy order ordre m d'achat;
to give a buy order donner un ordre d'achat
buy back separable transitive verb
racheter;
can I buy my bicycle back from you? puis-je te racheter mon vélo?
buy in
1 separable transitive verb
(a) {{}}British{{}} (stockpile) stocker, faire des provisions de;
we bought in plenty of coffee before the price increase nous avons fait des provisions de café avant que les prix n'augmentent
(b) {{}}Stock Exchange{{}} acheter, acquérir
(c) {{}}Commerce{{}} (at auction) racheter
2 intransitive verb
acheter;
{{}}Finance{{}} to buy in against a client exécuter un client
buy into inseparable transitive verb
(a) {{}}Finance{{}} acheter une participation dans
(b) (believe)
to buy into sth gober qch;
there's no way I'm buying into this pas question que je marche avec ça
buy off separable transitive verb
(bribe) acheter;
they bought off the witness for £10,000 ils ont acheté le silence du témoin pour 10000 livres
buy out separable transitive verb
(a) {{}}Finance{{}} racheter la part de, désintéresser;
she bought out all the other shareholders elle racheta les parts de tous les autres actionnaires;
he was bought out for £50,000 on lui a racheté sa part dans l'affaire pour 50 000 livres
(b) {{}}Military{{}} racheter;
he bought himself out (of the army) il a payé pour pouvoir rompre son contrat avec l'armée
buy over separable transitive verb
(bribe) acheter
buy up separable transitive verb
acheter en quantité; (firm, shares, stock) racheter;
the company bought up £50,000 worth of shares la société racheta des actions pour une valeur de 50 000 livres

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