cross-buy

noun

A feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the versions for other platforms or devices at no additional cost.

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Meanings

nouncross-buy (countable and uncountable, plural cross-buys)

plural cross-buys

  1. countableuncountableA feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the versions for other platforms or devices at no additional cost.
  2. countableuncountableA product purchased according to this scheme.
verbcross-buy (third-person singular simple present cross-buys, present participle cross-buying, simple past and past participle cross-bought)

present singular third person cross-buys · participle present cross-buying · participle past cross-bought · past cross-bought

  1. To purchase (a product) according to this scheme.

Origin

From cross- + buy.

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APA

cross-buy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-buy

MLA

“cross-buy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-buy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-buy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-buy.

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