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    [Verb]  | "buy" | \ ˈbī \


    1: to acquire possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of by payment especially of money : purchase

    2: to obtain in exchange for something often at a sacrifice

    3: redeem


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English byen, from Old English bycgan; akin to Goth bugjan to buy;

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     [ "buying time" ]

    1: A phrase used to describe the action of someone who is purposely delaying an action or very deliberately pushing off a decision to be made sometime later.

      * e.g.,  ... Jill is afraid to jump off the bungee jumping deck, so she is standing there buying time by talking about how afraid she is instead of jumping. 

     [ "buy some time" ]

    1: To extend a period of time needed to obtain a goal or to pay a debt or aquire something.

      * e.g.,  ... "I hid out from Vinny for a while to buy some time and save up the money for my outstanding debt to keep my legs from getting broken" 

     [ "buying air-time" ]

    1: Buying a meal or treats for a person in the hope of receiving sexual gratification. "Air-time" as in legs-in-the-air-time.

      * e.g.,  ... By paying for her lunch she thought he was generous but actually he was buying air-time. 

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