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buy in

   Also found in: Financial, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
buy in
vb (adverb)
1. (Business / Commerce) (tr) to buy back for the owner (an item in an auction) at or below the reserve price
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (intr) to purchase shares in a company
3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) (intr) to buy goods or securities on the open market against a defaulting seller, charging this seller with any market differences
4. (Business / Commerce) (tr) Also buy into US informal to pay money to secure a position or place for (someone, esp oneself) in some organization, esp a business or club
5. to purchase (goods, etc.) in large quantities to buy in for the winter
n buy-in
(Business / Commerce) the purchase of a company by a manager or group who does not work for that company
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.buy in - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
overstock - stock excessively
understock - stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
Translations
? buy in
vt sep (= acquire supply of) goodseinkaufen


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I'll buy in to the extent of my money as a small partner in some other plantation.
Yes, and a good part of it is going into a first-class modern house with a heating plant and running hot and cold water in a tiled-floor bath-room, and a concrete cellar for the woman's preserved things and built-in cupboards, lots of closets, a big garret, and hardwood floors and fancy paper on the walls, and the prettiest polished golden oak furniture you can buy in Kansas City, not to mention a big fireplace and wide, sunny porches.
And she has begun to buy in the best linen and cambric for her underclothing.
 
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