Meanings
- businessCommonplace investment advice, recommending that a prospective investor purchase an asset at a low cost and sell it later for a high price.
Any savvy investor knows the basic principle of investment: buy low, sell high.
2011 May 14, Jennifer Hill, “The 10 biggest investment pitfalls (and how to avoid them)”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 05 Oct 20152 more examples
[T]he art of broadcasting, writes William Paley, "is to know what the public is seeking before the public even knows it is looking for something else." As a guide, that advice is about as useful as buy low, sell high.
1979 March 26, Gerald Clarke, “Books: Man Behind The Tube”, in Time, retrieved 05 Oct 2015The old investment adage “buy low, sell high” makes perfect intuitive sense, but folks like William O’Neil would prefer to “buy high and sell higher.”
2006 December 11, John P. Reese, “Buying High, Selling Higher”, in Forbes, retrieved 05 Oct 2015
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 低買高賣 /低买高卖
- 低買高賣 /低买高卖commonplace investment advice
Finnish osta halvalla, myy kalliilla
- osta halvalla, myy kalliillacommonplace investment advice
German kaufe günstig, verkaufe teuer, kaufe niedrig, verkaufe hoch
- kaufe günstig, verkaufe teuercommonplace investment advice
- kaufe niedrig, verkaufe hochcommonplace investment advice
Hungarian vedd meg olcsón, add el drágán
- vedd meg olcsón, add el drágáncommonplace investment advice
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buy low, sell high. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buy%20low%2C%20sell%20high
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