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buy
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/baI/
verb (bought, bought /bO;t/)
1 membeli(kan)
(lawan sell)
▪ [+object]

[+ sb sth]
He bought himself a new shirt.
Dia membelikan dirinya sebuah keméja.
▪  [+object]

[+ sth (for sb)]
He bought a new shirt for himself.
Dia membeli sebuah keméja baru utk dirinya sendiri.
▪ [+ object]
Buyone, get one free. 
Beli satu, dapat satu gratis.
▪ [-object]
This is the right time to buy.
Ini saat yg tepat utk membeli.
▪ [+object]

[+ adjective]
I bought it cheap/first-hand.
Saya membelinya murah / dari tangan pertama.
▪ [+object]

[+ from sb/a store, etc.]
I bought it from a friend.
Saya membelinya dari seorg teman.
▪ [+object]
I bought the house for $15,000.
Saya membeli rumah itu dengan harga $15.000.
2 [+object]
(tt uang)
cukup utk mendapatkan sst
▪ Money can’t buy love.
Uang tidak cukup utk membeli cinta.
▪ Ten dollars doesn’t buy much nowadays.
Sepuluh dolar tidak cukup utk mendapatkan banyak sekarang.
▪ It’s the best that money can buy.
Itu adalah sst yg terbaik yg bisa didapatkan dengan uang.
3 [+object]
menyogok
(syn bribe)
▪ Can he be bought?
Dapatkah dia disogok?
4 [+object]
[usually pasif]
membayar nilai sst dengan
▪ Her victory was bought at the expense of her long years of practice.
Kemenangannya dibayar dengan latihannya selama ber-tahun2.
5 [+object]
(informal)
menerima suatu kenyataan
▪ I’m sorry I won’t buy it.
Maaf, saya tidak akan menerimanya.
■ IDIOM| (have) bought it
(informal)
terbunuh dl perang atau kecelakaan

| buy back the farm
membeli kembali asset suatu negara yg dikuasai oleh pihak asing

| buy the farm
(US, informal)
meninggal
| buy time
memperlambat sst
| the best that money can buy
→ lihat best³
| (buy) a pig in a poke
→ lihat pig¹
| buy a pup
→ lihat pup


PHR v
| buy sth in (UK)
memborong sst dl jumlah besar
| buy into sth
(a) membeli saham utk berusaha menjadi mayoritas pemegang saham
▪
Investors were hesitant to buy into the startup at the beginning.
Para invéstor ragu untuk menanam modal di startup itu pada awalnya.

(b) (informal)
percaya pada sst yg banyak dipercayai oléh org lain
▪ I never buy into the idea that we were born to be successful.
Saya tidak pernah percaya bahwa kita dilahirkan utk suksés.
| buy sb off
membayar ssorg agar tidak melakukan sst
| buy sb out
(a) membeli saham ssorg atas suatu perusahaan agar Anda dapat mengontrol perusahaan tsb.
(b) memberikan ganti rugi atau memberikan pénsiun dini kepada ssorg
| buy sth up
membeli/memborong habis
▪ All the goods were bought up.
Semua barang diborong habis.

buy²
/baI/
noun [countable]
1 barang yg sangat layak dibeli karena sangat murah
▪ a good, better, etc. buy
sst yg sangat layak dibeli karena sesuai dengan uang yg dikeluarkan
▪ Best buys every week.
Barang2 yg sangat layak dibeli setiap minggu
2 sst yg dibeli atau yg dijual murah; pembelian
▪ Mobile phones are a popular buy this year.
Télépon genggam adalah barang yg dijual murah tahun ini.

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