"BIY" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Initialism of buy it yourself, inspired by DIY.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1978 April 23, Stephen Kindel, “Split‐Level Sprawl in Europe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-02-10:",
          "text": "UBM, which has 120 fully‐stocked branches around Britain, sees a growing demand for what it calls the B.I.Y. (buy-it-yourself) market of self‐contractors who select their components and then pay a tradesman for installation.",
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          "ref": "1987 April 10, Marketing:",
          "text": "BIY is where consumers buy the materials for professionals to fit. \"According to the Polycell Report, from Reed's Polycell Products, DIY is being replaced by BIY (Buy-it-yourself),\"",
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          "ref": "[2001 August 9, John Cassy, “B&Q moves in with its China ware”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-05-09:",
          "text": "B&Q has been learning lessons in China from the moment it opened its first store in 1999. People here prefer the term BIY - buy it yourself, and then employ labour to do the work for them.",
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          "ref": "2009 August 27, “Orient Homes chief Li Fengjiang tools up for China’s DIY revolution”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-21:",
          "text": "It is less DIY, however, than BIY: Buy-it-Yourself.",
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        "The act of purchasing materials for a project (typically a home renovation) and then hiring a professional to use them."
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          "home",
          "home#Noun"
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          "renovation",
          "renovation#Noun"
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          "professional",
          "professional#Noun"
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          "ref": "1978 April 23, Stephen Kindel, “Split‐Level Sprawl in Europe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-02-10:",
          "text": "UBM, which has 120 fully‐stocked branches around Britain, sees a growing demand for what it calls the B.I.Y. (buy-it-yourself) market of self‐contractors who select their components and then pay a tradesman for installation.",
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          "ref": "1987 April 10, Marketing:",
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          "ref": "[2001 August 9, John Cassy, “B&Q moves in with its China ware”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-05-09:",
          "text": "B&Q has been learning lessons in China from the moment it opened its first store in 1999. People here prefer the term BIY - buy it yourself, and then employ labour to do the work for them.",
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          "home",
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