buy
part of speech
verb (buy, buys, bought, buying); noun (a good buy)
meaning for a pupil
1) To buy is to get something by paying money for it. tree →
2) A buy is something bought: this coat was a good buy (it was worth the money). tree →
sense in the lessons
getting more things, on different days or in packs; or spending money; in maths shop problems: the buyer gets more things (add) but has less money (subtract the price); «buy N packs of M» = N × M; in everyday life shopping, «buy one, get one free»
examples
- Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday. How many cards did Ben buy in total? tree →
- Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards. tree →
- Sam has 20 pence and buys a pen for 7 pence. How much money is left? tree →
- We buy bread at the bakery. tree →
- I saved my pocket money to buy a new ball. tree →
- Mum bought a bag of apples for 3 dollars. tree →
- Can I buy a ticket here? tree →
- It is cheaper to buy a big pack. tree →
- “But why did you buy me? tree →
note
Past form «bought» (not «buyed»). Buying gives the buyer more things: with two buys and «in total» add, with «packs … a pack holds» multiply. Trap: the money goes down when you buy: subtract the price. Do not mix «buy» with «by» and «bye»: all three sound the same.
In the corpora
- Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.
- Some families rent their home from a landlord; others are buying it with a huge loan from a bank called a mortgage.
- A deposit for buying a home is often tens of thousands of pounds, and saving for it can take years.
- Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".
- Buy now pay later splits a purchase into instalments; it is still borrowing, with charges if a payment is late.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «buy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.