buying
English
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editbuying
- present participle and gerund of buy
Noun
editbuying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)
- The act of making a purchase.
- 1707, A General Discourse of Commerce, page 126:
- […] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 37:
- "He's hanging back to make an excuse of going to town for the spring buying, and it won't do."
- 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75:
- Paying for these buyings, and arranging for their cartage to the shop, she got away, feeling physically tired but mentally elated, and very anxious to hear what Peter would say about the quality of her period pieces, and what prospects they offered for restoration.
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editact of making a purchase
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