| buy |
to obtain in exchange for money; purchase. [7 definitions] |
| buyer |
one who buys. [2 definitions] |
| buyer's market |
a market or economy in which prices are relatively low because of an abundance of goods or services. (Cf. seller's market.) |
| buy it |
(slang) to die. |
| buy off |
to give money in exchange for cooperation, silence, or noninterference; bribe. |
| buyout |
the buying of an entire business, as by managers, employees, or outside parties, usu. heavily financed by borrowing. |
| buy out |
to buy (someone's business). [2 definitions] |
| buy up |
to buy all or most of the supply of (something). |
| buzz |
a vibrating hum or murmur. [9 definitions] |
| buzzard |
any of several American vultures. [2 definitions] |
| buzz bomb |
(informal) see "robot bomb." |
| buzzer |
any of numerous mechanical or electrical devices that signal by buzzing. |
| buzz saw |
a power-operated circular saw. |
| buzzword |
a fashionable, short-lived word or phrase that originates either in media use or in a specialized group, and that is intended to impress or exclude the hearer, because of its apparent profundity or significance. |
| bwana |
in parts of Africa, a term of respect formerly used by natives when addressing Europeans. |
| B.W.I. |
abbreviation of "British West Indies," the Caribbean islands that are members of the Commonwealth, such as Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. |
| by |
next to; near. [16 definitions] |
| by- |
by or beside; near. [2 definitions] |
| by all means |
without fail; of course; absolutely. |
| by all odds |
in every conceivable or possible way; undoubtedly. |
| by a long shot |
by a considerable amount or distance. |