buy
verb
to get something by paying money for it
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to buy something, especially something that you need and will use a lot
to buy large amounts of something or all of it that is available
to buy or collect things that you need
to buy something expensive
to buy part of a business, especially in order to get control of it
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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