"buying" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-buying.ogg Forms: buyings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ Etymology: From buy + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|buy|ing}} buy + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)
  1. The act of making a purchase. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: homebuying, housebuying, impulse buying, nonbuying, panic buying, revenge buying, unbuying Translations (act of making a purchase): ὤνησις (ṓnēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شِرَاء (širāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), اِشْتِرَاء (ištirāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), kaufen (German), ununuzi (Swahili), karyor (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-buying-en-noun-YUgIRT36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 91 9

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-buying.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ Etymology: From buy + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|buy|ing}} buy + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} buying
  1. present participle and gerund of buy Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: buy
    Sense id: en-buying-en-verb-~vxIYNeX

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