Tra từ buyi - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different ways of buying things
2 people who buy things
3 paying for things
buying a house HOUSE
see also SELL

1 different ways of buying things
- to obtain sth by paying money for it: buy* sth, get* sth, (formal) purchase sth
I need to buy some new shirts. ◎ Can you get some milk when you're at the shops?
- to leave home or work in order to buy sth: go* out for sth, go* out to get sth
I'm going out to get some fish and chips.
- a building or part of a building where things are bought and sold: shop (AmE store)
- to go out and buy different things in different shops: go* shopping, shop
We go shopping once a week.
- the activity of buying things: shopping (noun U)
Her neighbour did her shopping while she was ill.
※ more on shops and going shopping SHOP
- a system where you can buy sth by writing to a company and asking them to send it to you: mail order (noun U)
She buys her Christmas presents by mail order.
- a book or magazine which lists and shows pictures of things that you can buy through the post: (mail-order) catalogue
- to write a letter, usually to a company, asking them to send you sth: send* off for sth
I'm sending off for some travel brochures.
- to ask for sth to be made or supplied: order sth
We've ordered a new fridge and it's being delivered next week.
- a public sale at which items are sold to the person who offers the most money: auction (noun C/U)
We bought our dining-room table in an auction.
- (at an auction) to offer to buy sth at a particular price: bid* (sth) (for sth)
I bid ※£50 for the painting I wanted.
- a machine from which you can buy things: vending machine

2 people who buy things
- a person in a shop who wants to buy sth: customer
- a person who buys sth expensive such as a house or a company: buyer, (formal) purchaser
I think we've found a buyer for our house.
- anyone who buys goods or services: consumer
the protection of consumers' rights
- a person who receives a service from a professional person, for example a lawyer: client

3 paying for things
- if you have enough money to buy sth, you can afford it
I'd love a new dress but I can't afford one just now.
- to use your money to buy sth: spend* money (on sth)
I've just spent ※£60 on new shoes for the children.
- to give sb money for sth that you want to buy: pay* (sb) (some money) (for sth)
How much did you pay for those earrings?
- the piece of paper which shows that you have paid for sth: receipt
Please keep the receipt as goods cannot be exchanged without it.
※ different ways of paying PAY
- the amount of money you have to pay to buy sth: price (noun C/U)
Ask her the price of that necklace. ◎ It's gone up in price.
- to say you are prepared to give a certain amount of money for sth: offer (sb) sth (for sth), make* sb an offer (of sth) for sth
I offered her ※£500 for her piano but she wouldn't accept it.
- if sth is worth the money you paid for it, it is a good buy
This old car was a really good buy.
※ tax on things you buy
- a tax (in Britain and Europe) which is paid on goods and services which are bought and sold: VAT (value added tax); in the United States, this tax is called sales tax
- tax paid on some things brought into the country: duty (noun U)
- if you do not pay this tax on sth, it is duty-free (adjective, adverb)
I bought some duty-free whisky at the airport. ◎ We got our car duty-free.
※ more on tax TAX
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- a written promise by a company that it will replace or repair sth that you buy if it goes wrong: guarantee
When my new watch stopped they gave me another one under the guarantee.
- illegal ways of buying things or changing money: the black market
He buys his cigarettes at half the normal price on the black market.