ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Forebuy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Forebuy is a verb meaning (transitive) To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.

Meaning

(transitive) To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.

Example Sentences

...so it will often happen that forethought is thus fore-bought or secured.
Blessed are they who with forethought rightly live; for they have forebought a fortunate rebirth.
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.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include prebuy, prepurchase, forepay, prepay, foreorder, foretake.

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