buy

buy
[baɪ] n
Kauf m;
bad \buy schlechter Kauf, Fehlkauf m;
quite a \buy ein guter Kauf, ein Schnäppchen nt (fam) vt <bought, bought>
1) (purchase)
to \buy [oneself] sth [sich dat] etw kaufen;
money can't \buy love Liebe kann man sich nicht erkaufen;
$20 \buys a lot less than it used to heute bekommt man für 20 Dollar viel weniger als früher;
to \buy sb sth [or sth for sb] jdm etw kaufen;
to \buy sth from [or (fam) off] sb jdm etw abkaufen
2) (obtain)
to \buy recognition/success/victory sich dat Anerkennung/Erfolg/einen Sieg erkaufen;
to \buy time Zeit gewinnen
3) (bribe)
to \buy sb jdn kaufen (fam)
to \buy sb's vote jds Stimme kaufen
4) (sl: believe)
to \buy a claim/an excuse/a story jdm eine Behauptung/eine Entschuldigung/ eine Geschichte abkaufen (fam)
I don't \buy it das nehme ich dir nicht ab
5) (agree to)
to \buy sth etw dat zustimmen;
I'll \buy that! der Meinung bin ich aber auch!
PHRASES:
to \buy the farm (Am) (fam) den Löffel abgeben (sl)
to have everything money can \buy alles haben, was man mit Geld kaufen kann;
to \buy sb's silence sich dat jds Stillschweigen erkaufen;
to \buy it (sl: believe) dran glauben müssen (sl) (be killed) den Löffel abgeben (sl) vi im Einkauf tätig sein

English-German students dictionary . 2013.

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