"buy into" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-buy into.ogg Forms: buys into [present, singular, third-person], buying into [participle, present], bought into [participle, past], bought into [past]
Etymology: buy + into Head templates: {{en-verb|buy<,,bought> into}} buy into (third-person singular simple present buys into, present participle buying into, simple past and past participle bought into)
  1. (idiomatic) To believe; to accept a craze or fad as valid. Tags: idiomatic Translations (believe): marcher (French), abkaufen (German), abnehmen (German), bevesz (Hungarian), bedől (Hungarian), felül (Hungarian), vevő (Hungarian), bersela (Italian), покупа́ться (pokupátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), купи́ться (kupítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), creérselo (Spanish), comprar [colloquial] (Spanish), tragar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-buy_into-en-verb-UY3syr3A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "into", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "into": 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'believe': 95 5
  2. (finance) To buy stocks or shares of (a business). Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: fall for Translations (buy stocks or shares of (a business)): Anteile kaufen (German)
    Sense id: en-buy_into-en-verb-8tFBaIDm Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'buy stocks or shares of (a business)': 3 97

Inflected forms

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