"buycott" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbaɪkɒt/ Forms: buycotts [plural]
Etymology: Blend of buy + boycott. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|buy|boycott}} Blend of buy + boycott Head templates: {{en-noun}} buycott (plural buycotts)
  1. The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.
    Sense id: en-buycott-en-noun-h~zp3jsZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbaɪkɒt/ Forms: buycotts [present, singular, third-person], buycotting [participle, present], buycotted [participle, past], buycotted [past]
Etymology: Blend of buy + boycott. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|buy|boycott}} Blend of buy + boycott Head templates: {{en-verb}} buycott (third-person singular simple present buycotts, present participle buycotting, simple past and past participle buycotted)
  1. (transitive) To support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-buycott-en-verb-Rab3lO~5 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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