forebuy

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verb

To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.

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Meanings

verbforebuy (third-person singular simple present forebuys, present participle forebuying, simple past and past participle forebought)

present singular third person forebuys · participle present forebuying · participle past forebought · past forebought · alternative fore-bought

  1. transitiveTo buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.

    1979, Pasture and politics: economics, conflict, and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of northwestern Iran ... buyers visit the camps soon after the shearing in good time to ensure that their forebought wool does not get into other hands.

    2 more examples

    Blessed are they who with forethought rightly live; for they have forebought a fortunate rebirth.

    1943, Message of the East - Volumes 32-33 - Page 55

    ...so it will often happen that forethought is thus fore-bought or secured.

    2015, Willpower: The Willpower Instinct

Origin

From fore- + buy.

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Translations

Dutch voorkopen
  • voorkopento buy beforehand
French avancer
  • avancerto buy beforehand
Portuguese pré-comprar
  • pré-comprarto buy beforehand
Spanish precomprar
  • precomprarto buy beforehand
Cite this entry
APA

forebuy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebuy

MLA

“forebuy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebuy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forebuy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebuy.

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