buycott

plural buycotts

1. The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.

   And, in addition to the boycott, double your power via the "buycott" by giving your cash to firms and services that are notably behaving themselves.

   2005 October 4, Leo Hickman, “Should I ... support a consumer boycott?”, in The Guardian

   1 more example

   Within days, conservative celebrities and politicians called for a boycott of the brand. These calls were then followed by calls for a reverse boycott, or buycott, encouraging people to buy Bud Light to show support for the marketing.

   2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: procott

present singular third person buycotts · participle present buycotting · participle past buycotted · past buycotted

1. transitiveTo support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products.

   Proponents of buycotting see these premiums as pure political expression: citizens’ parting with money to refine the world.

   2009 October 11, Anand Giridharadas, “Boycotts Minus the Pain”, in New York Times

   Synonyms: procott