"cross-buy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-buys [plural]
Etymology: cross- + buy Etymology templates: {{pre|en|cross|buy}} cross- + buy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cross-buy (countable and uncountable, plural cross-buys)
  1. A feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the versions for other platforms or devices at no additional cost. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cross-buy-en-noun-fHoQ3o0a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 22 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 44 26 31
  2. A product purchased according to this scheme. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cross-buy-en-noun-4Hd39mnY

Verb

Forms: cross-buys [present, singular, third-person], cross-buying [participle, present], cross-bought [participle, past], cross-bought [past]
Etymology: cross- + buy Etymology templates: {{pre|en|cross|buy}} cross- + buy Head templates: {{en-verb|cross-buys|cross-buying|cross-bought}} cross-buy (third-person singular simple present cross-buys, present participle cross-buying, simple past and past participle cross-bought)
  1. To purchase (a product) according to this scheme.
    Sense id: en-cross-buy-en-verb-B1hvwwk-

Inflected forms

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