buying

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

buy +‎ -ing

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ

Verb[edit]

buying

  1. present participle and gerund of buy

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Noun[edit]

buying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)

  1. The act of making a purchase.
    • 1707, A General Discourse of Commerce, page 126:
      [] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises []
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 37:
      "He's hanging back to make an excuse of going to town for the spring buying, and it won't do."

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