Definition of Outbuy

1. Verb. (transitive) To spend more money than (someone) buying goods. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To outbid (someone) for something. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To reach a better purchase bargain than (someone). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outbuy

1. to surpass in buying [v -BOUGHT, -BUYING, -BUYS] - See also: buying

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbuy

outbullied
outbullies
outbully
outbullying
outburn
outburned
outburning
outburns
outburnt
outburp
outburst
outburst flood
outbursted
outbursting
outbursts
outbuy (current term)
outbuying
outbuys
outby
outbye
outcalls
outcampaign
outcampaigned
outcampaigning
outcant
outcanted
outcanting
outcants
outcaper

Literary usage of Outbuy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"They 've charged over-prices for second-rate goods, And laughed at our grumblings, our "coulds and our"woulds; We '11 outbuy and outsell them, ..."

2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... of our countreys honour, a, trade wherein wee were wont to outbuy all our neighbors: And make the ..."

3. Religion and Business by Roger Ward Babson (1920)
"In the last analysis the successful business man to-day must outbuy and outsell his neighbor. The rule of trade is that a man must give as little to the ..."

4. Christianity and the Social Crisis by Walter Rauschenbusch (1907)
"It will outbuy and outsell its neighbor if it can. It tries to take his trade and grasp all visible sources of income in its own hand. The rule of trade, ..."

5. Christianity and the Social Crisis by Walter Rauschenbusch (1907)
"It will outbuy and outsell its neighbor if it can. It tries to take his trade and grasp all visible sources of income in its own hand. The rule of trade, ..."

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