buying

English

Etymology

From buy +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ

Verb

buying

1. present participle and gerund of buy

Noun

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."

Translations

act of making a purchase

• Arabic: شِرَاء m (širāʔ), اِشْتِرَاء m (ištirāʔ)
• German: kaufen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὤνησις f (ṓnēsis)

• Tocharian B: karyor

Derived terms

• homebuying
• housebuying
• impulse buying
• nonbuying
• panic buying
• revenge buying
• unbuying