buy-v; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: use something to acquire goods; obtain through trade or transaction

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] BUY NP2 NP1[theme] BUY NP2 Includes: BUY BACK
NOTE: may include abstract possessions

Examples:
The family bought a new car..
According to his official biography, he bought his first bison in 1976.
Should I fire him because he bought his degree from the internet instead of attending a regular university?
She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work.
Money can't buy me love.
My mom's boyfriend would try to buy my trust by taking us out to eat.
Novell, under pressure, will buy back its stock.
I think my used car was bought back once by the manufacturer and the dealer didn't tell me when I bought it.
Businessmen opposed to the Vietnam war tried to buy time for anti-war spots on a radio station.
A New Hampshire Poll and Two Dollars Will Buy You a Cup of Coffee.
No amount of money can buy you safety.
The insurance premium you forego will buy you a pretty good road bike.

Mappings:
VerbNet: get-13.5.1
FrameNet: Commerce_buy
PropBank: buy.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4, 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_back 1

Sense Number 2: bribe, make payments to in exchange for benefits

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[patient[human]] BUY NP2[agent[human]] Includes: BUY OFF

Examples:
He can be bought off, but only on his terms.
So why not buy off the IRA by sacrificing the Royal Ulster Constabulary?
This judge can be bought.
If you don't like the lectures, you can always try to buy off the professor.
Offering money to buy off our enemies would just create an incentive for others to become our enemies.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_off 1

Sense Number 3: accept as true

Commentary: Includes: BUY INTO

Examples:
Don't buy into wrong ideas about oil!
And if you buy that, I've got a bridge to sell you.
I can't buy that Marlena is so weak and stupid that she thinks it's not even worth some effort to escape to reunite with her family.
I could not believe he bought my story!
You think he bought the line about the sick roommate?

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_into

Sense Number 4: invest

Commentary: Includes: BUY INTO

Examples:
He bought into several companies with the money he had inherited.
More and more foreign firms are buying into China.
For investors who bought into it in September 1991, the stock had suffered a value erosion of 66 per cent in value by September 2001.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_into 1

Sense Number 5: be killed; die

Commentary: Includes: BUY IT, BUY THE FARM

Examples:

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_the_farm 1
buy_it 1

Sense Number 6: take over ownership of

Commentary: Includes: BUY OUT, BUY UP

Examples:
German car giant Volkswagen plans to buy out its Chinese partners.
It is believed that in a major shift in strategy, HDFC may buy out Tata Sons.
Foreign central banks are buying up ever more of America Reuters.
The developer plans to buy up golf course for homes.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: buy.02,buy.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_out 1
buy_up 1

Sense Number 7: stall, delay

Commentary: Includes: BUY TIME
NOTE: act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage

Examples:
A provisional patent is primarily viewed as a mechanism to buy time.
Insulin pumps can buy time until transplant therapy arrives.
Time spent on process now will buy you time as the semester unfolds.
During the final weeks of her life we tried to buy time with her by making her get out of bed and walk around the house.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buy_time 1