buying
Exchanging money for
Buying is the act of obtaining something in exchange for money.
It covers everything from routine purchases to major acquisitions: buying groceries, buying a house.
The word extends to accepting or believing: I'm not buying that excuse.
To buy time is to delay something to gain an advantage.
Goods obtained for payment
- checkoutPayment completion process
- cartVehicle for hauling
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- shopperOne who purchases goods
retail · customer · store · mall · supermarket · cashier · receipt · bargain
Bulk sales to merchants
- retailSales to end users
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- supplierSource of goods
vendor · distribution · ecommerce · invoice · procurement · sourcing · bulk · order
Direct goods-for-goods exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
- dealAgreement or distribution
- importObtain from overseas
export · tariff · bilateral · countertrade · broker · middleman · haggle · auction
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- sharesUnits of company ownership
equity · assets · property · real-estate · commodities · futures · options · acquisition
Ready spending funds
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- debitSubtraction from account
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
- financingProviding capital for purchases
layaway · lease · mortgage · deposit · escrow · cryptocurrency · currency · conversion
purchase
Goods obtained for payment
- checkoutPayment completion process
- cartVehicle for hauling
- transactionExchange of goods/money
shopper · retail · customer · store · mall · supermarket · cashier · receipt · bargain · sale
wholesale
Bulk sales to merchants
- retailSales to end users
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
supplier · vendor · distribution · ecommerce · invoice · procurement · sourcing · bulk · order · fulfillment
barter
Direct goods-for-goods exchange
import · export · tariff · bilateral · countertrade · broker · middleman · haggle · auction · bidding
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
shares · equity · assets · property · real-estate · commodities · futures · options · acquisition · stake
cash
Ready spending funds
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- debitSubtraction from account
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
financing · layaway · lease · mortgage · deposit · escrow · cryptocurrency · currency · conversion · affordability
influence
Power to affect others
lobbying · bribery · corruption · patronage · favor · kickback · payoff · votes · loyalty · silence
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- shoppingshopping cart, shop, purchases, sale, cart
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- fashion industryfashion, fashion design, fashion designers, fashion shows, fashion week
buyingselling
Trading for payment
divesting · disposing · liquidating · offloading · unloading
- buying timeDelaying to gain advantage
- buying intoAccepting or believing something
- buying a houseAcquiring residential property
- buying itAccepting as true
- panic buyingFear-driven mass stockpiling
- not buying itRefusing to accept claims