buy

acheter

Obtenir quelque chose en échange d’argent.

En anglais simple : To get something by giving money for it.

• I need to buy bread.
• She bought a new coat yesterday.
• Where did you buy those shoes?

Comment l'utiliser : buy someone something (I bought my sister a book.); buy something for someone (We bought flowers for our teacher.); buy something from someone (He bought a bike from his neighbor.)

Synonymes : purchase

Contraires : sell

Expressions courantes : buy something, buy someone something, buy from someone

permettre d’acheter, payer

Se dit d’une somme d’argent suffisante pour acheter quelque chose.

En anglais simple : If an amount of money does this, it is enough to pay for something.

• Ten dollars buys lunch here.
• That amount will not buy much.
• What can fifty euros buy in this town?

Synonymes : pay for, cover

Expressions courantes : buy a meal, buy much, buy a ticket

gagner, obtenir

Retarder quelque chose pour avoir davantage de temps pour se préparer ou agir.

En anglais simple : To delay something so you have more time to prepare or act.

• We need to buy time.
• Her questions bought us a few extra minutes.
• The temporary repair buys time until the new parts arrive.

Comment l'utiliser : buy someone time to do something (The delay bought us time to find help.)

Synonymes : gain, secure

Expressions courantes : buy time, buy someone time, buy more time

croire, gober

Accepter une histoire, une excuse ou une idée comme vraie ou convaincante.

En anglais simple : To accept a story, excuse, or idea as true or convincing.

• I do not buy his excuse.
• She bought the story about the broken phone.
• Do you really buy that argument?

Synonymes : believe, accept

Contraires : disbelieve

Expressions courantes : buy the story, buy an excuse, buy that argument

obtenir, acquérir

Obtenir quelque chose en renonçant à quelque chose de précieux ou en acceptant une perte.

En anglais simple : To gain something by giving up something valuable or accepting a loss.

• They bought peace with painful compromises.
• He bought comfort by giving up his freedom.
• She refused to buy security at the cost of love.

Comment l'utiliser : buy something with something (They bought freedom with years of struggle.); buy something at the cost of something (She bought success at the cost of her health.)

Synonymes : gain, obtain, secure

Expressions courantes : buy peace, buy freedom, buy silence

achat

Une chose achetée, souvent jugée selon son prix et sa qualité.

En anglais simple : Something you purchase, often judged by its price and quality.

• This coat was a good buy.
• Which laptop is the best buy?
• Those cheap chairs turned out to be bad buys.

Synonymes : purchase, bargain

Expressions courantes : a good buy, a bad buy, the best buy