forebuy

English

Alternative forms

• fore-bought

Etymology

From fore- +‎ buy.

Verb

forebuy (third-person singular simple present forebuys, present participle forebuying, simple past and past participle forebought)

1. (transitive) To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.
   • 1943, Message of the East - Volumes 32-33 - Page 55:

     Blessed are they who with forethought rightly live; for they have forebought a fortunate rebirth.

   • 1979, Pasture and politics: economics, conflict, and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of northwestern Iran

     ... buyers visit the camps soon after the shearing in good time to ensure that their forebought wool does not get into other hands.

   • 2015, Willpower: The Willpower Instinct:

     ...so it will often happen that forethought is thus fore-bought or secured.

Translations

to buy beforehand

• Dutch: voorkopen (nl)
• French: avancer (fr)
• Portuguese: pré-comprar
• Spanish: precomprar