|  buying 
  
 
 the act of buying (Freq. 3)
 - buying and selling fill their days
 - shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge
 • Syn:
 purchasing
 • Derivationally related forms:
 purchase (for: purchasing), buy
 • Hypernyms:
 purchase
 • Hyponyms:
 shopping, mail-order buying, catalog buying, viatication, viaticus
 
 
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