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To buy something

buy

verb

to get something by paying money for it

get

verb

to buy something

purchase

verb

to buy something

invest in

to buy something, especially something that you need and will use a lot

buy up

to buy large amounts of something or all of it that is available

import

verb

to buy a product from another country and bring it to your country

place

verb

if you place an order, you ask a company to sell you something and send it to you

get in

to buy or collect things that you need

splash out

to buy something expensive

buy into

to buy part of a business, especially in order to get control of it

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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glean

to learn small pieces of information by asking questions or watching or listening carefully

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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