noun
Meaning 1
The act of making a purchase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
buying
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: B AY1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of buy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of buying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- buying and selling fill their days
- shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: purchasing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: purchase
Narrower terms: shopping, mail-order buying, catalog buying, viatication, viaticus
History
Etymology
From buy + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شِرَاء (širāʔ) — act of making a purchase
- Arabic: اِشْتِرَاء (ištirāʔ) — act of making a purchase
- German: kaufen — act of making a purchase
- Ancient Greek: ὤνησις (ṓnēsis) — act of making a purchase
- Hindi: क्रय (kray) — act of making a purchase
- Swahili: ununuzi — act of making a purchase
- Tocharian B: karyor — act of making a purchase