# Buy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Buy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Buy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy > Source revision: 1353443438 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Wiktionary}} '''Buying''' may refer to [purchasing](/source/purchasing) of [goods and services](/source/goods_and_services) with [money](/source/money) or via [barter](/source/barter) in a [trade](/source/trade), thereby achieving [acquisition](/source/Acquisition_(disambiguation)) or [procurement](/source/procurement) of them. {{TOCright}} '''Buy''' or '''buying''' may also refer to: == Related terms == * [Buying agent](/source/Buying_agent) (AKA purchasing agent, indent agent, indenting agent), someone who offers to buy something on behalf of someone else * [Buying center](/source/Buying_center) (AKA decision-making unit, DMU) * [Buy-up coverage](/source/Buy-up_coverage), additional crop insurance for which farmers pay a premium * [Cross-buy](/source/Cross-buy), a feature of some digital distribution systems === Financial trading === * [Buy and hold](/source/Buy_and_hold) (AKA position trading), an investment strategy * [Buyout](/source/Buyout), a method of taking control of a company * [Buy/sell spread](/source/Buy%2Fsell_spread), a bid–ask spread for a market maker * [Buy side](/source/Buy_side) in investment banking * [Buy-stop order](/source/Buy-stop_order), a trading instruction used to limit a loss * [Buy to let](/source/Buy_to_let), purchasing a property to rent it out === Buying in bulk === * [Buying club](/source/Buying_club) (AKA buyers club), a group making purchases together to get lower prices or obtain hard-to-get goods * [Buying power](/source/Buying_power), a type of bargaining power relating to a purchaser and a supplier * [Co-buying](/source/Co-buying) (AKA cooperative buying), organizing people or companies together to increase negotiation power * [Collective buying power](/source/Collective_buying_power), the ability of a group of consumers or businesses to better negotiate for discounts * [Group buying](/source/Group_buying) (AKA collective buying; originating as: {{Langx|zh|团购|tuán gòu|team buying}}), a method of bulk purchase to reduce price * [Mass buying](/source/Mass_buying) (AKA bulk purchasing), the consumer side of wholesaling === Marketing tactics === * "[Buy local](/source/Buy_local)" or "buy locally", a slogan for local purchasing * [Buy on board](/source/Buy_on_board) in commercial aviation * [Buy here, pay here](/source/Buy_here%2C_pay_here) (BHPH), a method of offering a line of credit to customers at a used car dealership * [Buy now, pay later](/source/Buy_now%2C_pay_later) (BNPL), a type of short-term debt financing * [Buy one, get one free](/source/Buy_one%2C_get_one_free) (BOGOF), a kind of promotion * [Predictive buying](/source/Predictive_buying), the use of algorithmic analytics to guess customers' patterns for targeted advertising === Reasons for buying === * [Buying decision process](/source/Buying_decision_process) (AKA buyer decision process), consumer behavior around purchasing * [Compulsive buying disorder](/source/Compulsive_buying_disorder) (CBD), an obsession with shopping * [Impulse buy](/source/Impulse_buy) (AKA impulse purchase), an unplanned decision to buy something * [Panic buying](/source/Panic_buying) (AKA panic purchasing), increased consumer activity around times of disaster and before price increases and shortages * [Preclusive buying](/source/Preclusive_buying) (AKA preemptive buying, preclusive purchasing), an economic warfare tactic in which a belligerent in a conflict purchases matériel and operations from neutral countries to reduce how much others can buy * [Revenge buying](/source/Revenge_buying) (AKA revenge shopping, revenge spending), a sudden surge in consumer activity after people are denied the opportunity to shop for extended periods of time === By what is purchased === * [Bride buying](/source/Bride_buying), the cultural practice of providing some form of payment in exchange for marriage * [Buying land](/source/Buying_land) (in a process known as conveyancing), purchasing legal title of real property * [Buying oneself out](/source/Buying_oneself_out) of service (AKA discharge by purchase), the process of obtaining a military discharge by making a payment as a fine * [Buy-to-play](/source/Buy-to-play), the opposite of a subscription revenue model for video games * [Child buying](/source/Child_buying), human trafficking of children / [child-buying](/source/child-buying), the flip side of child selling * [Debt buying](/source/Debt_buying), purchasing delinquent or charged-off debts from a creditor or lender * [Media buying](/source/Media_buying), procurement of advertising * [Salary buying](/source/Salary_buying), a kind of offer by a loan shark * [Vote buying](/source/Vote_buying) (AKA electoral clientelism, patronage politics), a political campaign method that is illegal in many countries ==Places== *[Buy (inhabited locality)](/source/Buy_(inhabited_locality)) [{{Langx|ru|Буй}}], any of several inhabited localities in Russia *[Buy (river)](/source/Buy_(river)), a river in Perm Krai and the republics of Bashkortostan and Udmurtia in Russia === Airports with code "BUY" === * FAA LID: [Burlington–Alamance Regional Airport](/source/Burlington%E2%80%93Alamance_Regional_Airport) (ICAO: KBUY), Alamance County, North Carolina, United States * IATA: [Bunbury Airport](/source/Bunbury_Airport) (ICAO: YBUN), Western Australia == People == * [Iryna Buy](/source/Iryna_Buy) ({{Langx|uk|Ірина Буй}}), a Ukrainian Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier * [Margherita Buy](/source/Margherita_Buy), an Italian actress * [Mykola Buy](/source/Mykola_Buy) ({{Langx|uk|Микола Буй}}), a Ukrainian footballer * [Ma Buying](/source/Ma_Buying) ({{Langx|zh|馬步英; 马步英|Mǎ Bùyīng; Ma Pu-ying}}), the birth name of Chinese Muslim warlord Ma Zhongying == Websites == * [buy.at](/source/buy.at), an online affiliate marketing platform launched in 2002 * [Buy.com](/source/Buy.com), a shopping website founded in 1997; renamed Rakuten.com/shop in 2010 ==Other uses== *[''Buy'' (album)](/source/Buy_(album)), 1979 album by James Chance and the Contortions *Buy, slang for [believe](/source/Belief), find credible, be convinced *[Buy language](/source/Buy_language) (AKA Uboi, Gu-boy, Kobiana, Cobiana), a Wolof–Nyun Senegambian language spoken in several villages of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau *[Buy (cards)](/source/Buy_(cards)), the action of getting one or more cards in certain games ==See also== {{Self-reference tool}} * [By (disambiguation)](/source/By_(disambiguation)) * [Bui (disambiguation)](/source/Bui_(disambiguation)) * [Bouy (disambiguation)](/source/Bouy_(disambiguation)) * [Buoy (disambiguation)](/source/Buoy_(disambiguation)) * [Buys](/source/Buys), a Dutch surname * Buies: ** [Buies Creek, North Carolina](/source/Buies_Creek%2C_North_Carolina), United States, a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Neills Creek Township, drained by the stream [Buies Creek](/source/Buies_Creek) ** [Arthur Buies](/source/Arthur_Buies)/Joseph-Marie-Arthur (1840–1901), a journalist and essayist from Quebec, Canada * LaBuy: ** [Walter J. LaBuy](/source/Walter_J._LaBuy), a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois * [Buying in (disambiguation)](/source/Buying_in_(disambiguation)) * [Buyback (disambiguation)](/source/Buyback_(disambiguation)) * [Oyster buy-boat](/source/Oyster_buy-boat) * [WP:BUY](/source/WP%3ABUY) → Wikipedia:Notability cannot be purchased * Help:Buying Wikipedia * [Purchase (disambiguation)](/source/Purchase_(disambiguation)) * [Sell (disambiguation)](/source/Sell_(disambiguation)) {{Disambiguation}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Buy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.