[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/buy/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / buy # buy verb (buy, buys, bought, buying); noun (a good buy) «buy» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To buy is to get something by paying money for it. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#m2) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x1) - Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x3) - We buy bread at the bakery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x4) - I saved my pocket money to buy a new ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x5) - Mum bought a bag of apples for 3 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x6) - Can I buy a ticket here? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x7) - It is cheaper to buy a big pack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/#x8) - “But why did you buy me? [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition Jacob's sons went down to Egypt to buy grain in the famine. This begins the journey that brought them to Joseph and then to the whole family's coming to Egypt. Proverbs uses buying as a picture: "Buy the truth, and sell it not", and in Ruth a kinsman buys land by drawing off his shoe. **Interpretation.** The rabbis read "Buy the truth" as meaning that wisdom is worth any cost and must never be given up. The shoe in Ruth was the old way of making a purchase official. ### Examples - And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/#x1) - And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food. (Torah GEN.44.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/#x2) - And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/#x3) - Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Writings PRO.23.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/#x4) - So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe. (Writings RUT.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/#x5) - Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding? (Writings PRO.17.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «buy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«buy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/buy.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «buy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«buy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/buy.html) on Mova free.