(v. t.) To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
(v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
(v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
Example Sentences:
(1) • This article was amended on 1 September 2014 because an earlier version described Platinum Property Partners as a buy-to-let mortgage lender.
(2) Total costs of building the three missile destroyers in Australia will amount to more than $9bn, approximately three times the cost of buying the ships ready made from Spanish company Navantia, The Australian reported on Friday .
(3) Eight patients aged 7-15 were using inhaled sympathomimetic aerosols only at the time of buying a nebuliser as compared with most of the older patients, who were using regular oral steroids.
(4) He gets Lyme disease , he dates indie girls and strippers; he lives in disused warehouses and crappy flats with weirded-out flatmates who want to set him on fire and buy the petrol to do so.
(5) "For a few it will feel like having your wallet nicked with the mugger then handing you a few bob back to buy a pint.
(6) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
(7) But it [Help to Buy] is the right policy instrument to deal with a specific problem."
(8) Celebrity woodlanders Tax breaks and tree-hugging already draw the wealthy and well-known to buy British forests.
(9) There are men who have been here for 15, 20 years or more who have never even sat in the cars because no one on the floor can afford to buy one.
(10) Admirable, but will destroying ivory get that message through to poachers, ivory traffickers and the workshops in east Asia and elsewhere that buy smuggled raw ivory?
(11) However, Pearson is understood to have believed an offer from News Corporation to buy Penguin outright would not have been financially viable.
(12) But Berlusconi and Sarkozy, seeking to curry favour with the strong far-right constituencies in both countries, sought to bury their differences by urging the rest of Europe to buy into their anti-immigration agenda.
(13) Sainsbury’s revealed on Tuesday that it had made an approach to buy Home Retail , which also owns DIY chain Homebase, and sources expect the company to return with another bid.
(14) For more than half a century, Saudi leaders manipulated the United States by feeding our oil addiction, lavishing money on politicians, helping to finance American wars, and buying billions of dollars in weaponry from US companies.
(15) Many leave banking after three to five years, not because they are 'worn out', but because now they have financial security to start their own business or go on to advocate for a cause they are passionate about or buy a small cottage in the West Country for the rest of their lives."
(16) Not even housebuilders are entirely happy, although recent government policies such as Help to Buy and the encouragement of easy credit have helped their share prices rise.
(17) Cobra collapsed into administration in 2009 after which Lord Bilimoria was criticised for using a “pre-pack” deal to buy back a stake in the firm.
(18) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(19) Its Google Preferred initiative, launched in October 2014, packages up its most popular channels into more appealing media buys for big brands.
(20) It's also worth noting that if the Help to Buy scheme really does inflate house prices, by waiting five years before you buy you run the risk of not actually being able to save enough for a 10% deposit, because you'll need a bigger amount than you now need.
Puy
Definition:
(n.) See Poy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study of the prevalence of adult asthma (subjects over 18 years of age) has been carried out in the Puy-de-Dôme area over the past two years by means of a questionnaire sent out to all the doctors in the area.
(2) There's a world of difference between, say, the massive umami hit of one of my favourite comfort foods, a miso, Marmite and puy lentil vegetarian shepherd's pie, and the delicate crunch of a green salad.
(3) During a 3-year period, 93 prenatal diagnoses of kidney or urinary tract abnormalities were carried out in the French district of Puy-de-Dôme.
(4) By 1987, with 12 members, it had shifted to the central French village of Puy de Dôme and in 2004 to Germany , where it has been ever since.
(5) autodidactress, via GuardianWitness Serves 6 135ml olive oil 30g flour 2½ tsp salt 3kg oxtail 2 large carrots, cut into chunky batons 1 large celery stick, cut into chunky batons, plus a small bunch of celery leaves, roughly chopped 1 large onion, peeled and diced 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 tsp black peppercorns 3 bay leaves 500ml beef stock 625ml Guinness or other stout 50g tomato puree 2 tsp sugar Long curl of fresh orange zest (optional) 200g puy lentils 1 Heat 90ml of the oil in a large, heavy-based pan over a medium flame.
(6) All infants born in the Puy-de-Dôme area in 1983 and referred to a neonatal care unit were studied prospectively.
(7) Serves 4 sunflower oil enough for frying John Dory fillets 4 x 180g (with the skin left on) salt and freshly ground pepper cooking chorizo 200g, cut into ½ cm dice curly kale 200g flat leaf parsley ½ bunch, leaves and stalks, finely chopped lemon juice of ½ For the lentils extra virgin olive oil 40ml onion 1, finely diced garlic 2 cloves thyme 2 sprigs rosemary 2 sprigs, leaves removed and chopped puy lentils 250g (if you have time, it’s good to soak them for an hour beforehand) chicken or vegetable stock 1 litre (a good quality cube will do) unsalted butter 30g To cook the lentils, pour olive oil into a heavy-bottomed saucepan and gently cook.
(8) Serves 4 extra-virgin olive oil 4 tbsp brown onion 1, chopped garlic cloves 4, finely chopped small beetroot 8, peeled and quartered carrots 6, sliced into large pieces bay leaves 3 thyme 2 sprigs sea salt and freshly ground pepper tomato purée 2 tbsp red wine (use vegan wine if you like) 250ml vegetable stock 500ml puy lentils 400g portobello mushrooms 2-3, sliced crimini mushrooms 10 pearl onions 10, peeled arrowroot 2 tsp, dissolved in 2 tbsp water thyme a few sprigs, to garnish Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a thick-bottomed saucepan over a medium heat.
(9) The earthiness of the curly kale and puy lentils creates a good balance for this autumnal dish.
(10) Oxtail braised in black beer with puy lentils You will need a deep, heavy saucepan for this one.
(11) Later, two studies were performed in adults, in two places of Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme, respectively Arsac-en-Velay and Besse-en-Chandesse.
(12) Serves 4 6 tbs olive oil 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 rounded tsp cumin seeds, roughly ground 125g fresh coriander, chopped and stalks set aside 250g small brown or puy lentils 1.75 litres water a squeeze of lemon sea salt and black pepper For the caramelised onions: 300ml sunflower oil 2 large onions, halved and sliced into rounds as thin and even as possible (we recommend using a mandolin) To make the caramelised onions, heat the oil in a large saucepan until very hot.