by vs ’bye vs buy :

by or bye or buy

By means next to or near to a particular object or someone. 

"Mary stood by her husband till the very end of the trial."

Bye is a colloquial word for goodbye which means to say farewell to someone.

"Bye! See you later."

Buy means to obtain something in exchange for money or goods like a purchase transaction. 

"I'm going to buy my father something nice for his retirement."


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Definitions
  by
  • r  so as to pass a given point
  • r  in reserve; not for immediate use
    put something by for her old age
  buy
  • n  an advantageous purchase
    the stock was a real buy at that price
  • v  obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
    She buys for the big department store
  • v  make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
  • v  be worth or be capable of buying
    This sum will buy you a ride on the train
  • v  acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
    She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work
  • v  accept as true
    I can't buy this story
News & Articles
  by
  • Monsoon covers India by mid-June, earliest ever
    By Rajendra Jadhav and Ratnajyoti Dutta MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains have covered the entire country a month ahead of schedule, brightening the prospects for a bumper output of summer-sown ...
    June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance
  • Japan's Nikkei rises, spurred by defensive buying,
    By Dominic Lau TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average edged higher on Monday as buying in defensive stocks reversed early losses. The Nikkei added 0.4 percent to 12,7329.85 after trading as low as 12,549.82 on the back of weak U.S. stocks on Friday. Monday's gain took the index above its 100-day moving average at 12,734.37 "It's a mixed flow so far. It doesn't seem to be the type of guys ...
    June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Excel by 5 eyes next generation
    HERNANDO — With an eye toward improving the lives of the next generation, Hernando's Excel by 5 program, a purely Mississippi initiative, is conducting a "community needs assessment" to determine what tools children aged birth through five years-old need to succeed in life.
    June 17, 2013 - DeSoto Times-Tribune
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