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For the verb: "to buy"
Simple Past: bought
Past Participle: bought

Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
buy /baɪ/
  1. noun
    1. (bargain) a good/bad ~ une bonne/mauvaise affaire;
    1. (purchase) acquisition f.
  1. transitive verb (prét, pp bought)
    1. (purchase) acheter (food, car, shares, house) ( from sb à qn);
      to ~ sth from the supermarket/from the baker's acheter qch au supermarché/chez le boulanger;
      to ~ sb sth acheter qch à qn;
      the best that money can ~ ce qui se fait de mieux;
    1. (obtain with money) acheter (fame, freedom, friends);
      to ~ some time gagner du temps;
    1. (bribe) acheter (loyalty, silence, person);
      she can't be bought elle est incorruptible;
    1. (familier)(believe) avaler (familier), croire.
  1. reflexive verb (prét, pp bought) to ~ oneself sth s'acheter qch.
buy in GB:
~ [sth] in, ~ in [sth] s'approvisionner en.
buy into:
~ into [sth] Comm acheter or acquérir une part dans.
buy off:
~ [sb] off, ~ off [sb] acheter (person, witness).
buy out:
~ [sb] out, ~ out [sb] Comm racheter la part de (co-owner);
to ~ oneself out of racheter son engagement dans (army).
buy up:
~ up [sth], ~ [sth] up acheter systématiquement (shares, property).


'buy' found in these Oxford entries:
buy: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
buyvtr (purchase)acheter vtr
Billy is going to buy a car.
Bill va acheter une voiture.
buyvtr slang (believe)croire vtr
 figuré, familiergober, avaler vtr
The policeman didn't buy the suspect's story.
Le policier n'a pas cru l'histoire du suspect.
Le policier n'a pas gobé (or: avalé) l'histoire du succès.
buyn (bargain)affaire nf
This house is a good buy.
Cette maison est une bonne affaire.
 
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
buyn US (a purchase) financeposition nf
The stock traders made a large buy.
Les traders d'actions ont pris une grosse position.
buyn (act of buying)achat nm
The undercover officer made a drug buy.
L'officier clandestin a fait un achat de drogue.
buyvi (be a purchaser)être acheteur vi
You may both buy and sell at the trade fair.
Tu peux être aussi bien acheteur que vendeur à la foire commerciale.
buyvtr (acquire)acheter, acquérir vtr
Our company is going to buy its competitor.
Notre compagnie va acheter (or: acquérir) son concurrent.
buyvtr (bribe)corrompre vtr
The gang wants to buy a public official.
La bande veut corrompre un fonctionnaire.
buyvtr figurative (enable acquisition of sthg)faire, procurer vtr
Money can't buy happiness.
L'argent ne fait (or: procure) pas le bonheur.
buyvtr (obtain services of sb)permettre d'acheter vtr
One million euros will buy a good striker.
Un million d'euros vous permettra d'acheter un bon buteur.
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buy: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Formes composées
bring and buy sale UKvente de bienfaisance nf
bulk-buyacheter en gros vtr
buy and sellv (trade)acheter et revendre v
buy backvtr (seller: repurchase what was sold)racheter vtr
Redeemable shares come with an agreement that the company can buy them back at a future date.
Nous ne pouvons pas nous engager à racheter la marchandise après la date de péremption.
buy invtr (purchase sth in large quantities)s'approvisionner (en qch) v pron
buy intovtr (invest in)investir dans vtr
buy offvtr informal (buy the cooperation of) famacheter qqn vtr
We can buy him off by making a donation to his wife's hospital.
buy on creditvtr (purchase now but pay later)acheter à crédit vtr
I became addicted to buying on credit, and now I'm on the verge of bankruptcy.
buy outvtr (purchase entire stock)acheter la totalité de vtr
Il a acheté la totalité du stock.
buy outvtr (take over ownership of)racheter vtr
La société a été rachetée par son principal compétiteur.
buy sth at auctionv (purchase sth by highest bid)acheter qch aux enchères v
buy timev figurative (create a helpful delay)gagner du temps loc v
Il a essayé de gagner du temps en disant qu'il était malade.
 fig, famjouer la montre v
buy upvtr (purchase all of)acheter tout, tous les vtr
We bought up all the store's balloons for the party.
J'ai acheté tous les escarpins noirs pointure 38 du magasin.
good buyn (bargain)affaire nf
I got a good buy on these drinks, only $1 per bottle.
Ce buffet trouvé dans un vide-grenier, c'est une affaire.
impulse buyn (spur-of-the-moment purchase)achat impulsif nm
 achat sur un coup de tête nm
make a buyfaire une affaire v
promise to buypromesse d'achat nf
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