Buyers–strike
an attempt on the part of consumers to lower price levels by boycotting retailers or certain types of goods.
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- Buying
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase. to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery. to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder. to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought. to […]
- Buying-power
purchasing power (def 1). Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services. the value of money in terms of what it can buy at a specified time compared to what it could buy at some period established as a base: the purchasing power of the dollar.
- Buyoff
an act or instance of buying off; payment or bribe: The increased retirement benefit was a buyoff for employees who wanted salary increases.
- Buyout
an act or instance of buying out, especially of buying all or a controlling percentage of the shares in a company. Contemporary Examples Microsoft Buys Skype: Marc Andreessen on the Sale Dan Lyons May 9, 2011 The Paris Hilton of Tech Dan Lyons October 24, 2011 Funny Pages: How the National Lampoon Made American Humor […]
- Buys-ballot-law
the law stating that if one stands with one’s back to the wind, in the Northern Hemisphere the atmospheric pressure will be lower on one’s left and in the Southern Hemisphere it will be lower on one’s right: descriptive of the relationship of horizontal winds to atmospheric pressure.