buying

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of buy

plural buyings

1. countableuncountableThe act of making a purchase.

   "He's hanging back to make an excuse of going to town for the spring buying, and it won't do."

   1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 37

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   […] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]

   1707, A General Discourse of Commerce, page 126

   Paying for these buyings, and arranging for their cartage to the shop, she got away, feeling physically tired but mentally elated, and very anxious to hear what Peter would say about the quality of her period pieces, and what prospects they offered for restoration.

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75