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| add-on |
an optional item that may be bought in addition to a main item to supplement or improve it. [1/2 definitions] |
| buy |
something bought or intended for buying. [1/7 definitions] |
| commodity |
a product, as opposed to a service, that can be bought and sold, esp. an agricultural or mining product. [1/2 definitions] |
| extravagance |
something done or bought at excessive or unjustified cost. [1/3 definitions] |
| from scratch |
in baking or cooking, combining basic individual ingredients and using traditional methods, as opposed to using store-bought prepared ingredients which allow for reducing steps in the baking or cooking process. [1/2 definitions] |
| gas station |
a place where gas, oil, and other supplies for running a car can be bought; filling station; service station. |
| gentrification |
the process by which buildings in decaying neighborhoods are bought and renovated by relatively wealthy people, thus causing the displacement and sometimes homelessness of poor people. |
| irredeemable |
not capable of being bought back or paid off; not redeemable. [1/3 definitions] |
| market |
a place where stocks are bought and sold, or the activity itself; stock market. [1/6 definitions] |
| pennyworth |
any quantity that may be bought for a penny. [1/2 definitions] |
| stock exchange |
a place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold. [1/2 definitions] |
| stock market |
a market where stocks and bonds are bought and sold; stock exchange. [1/3 definitions] |
| swap meet |
a meeting or gathering at which items, esp. used or collectible ones, are bought, sold, or exchanged. |
| unbought |
combined form of bought. |
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