Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Dictate
Dictate verb - To request the doing of by virtue of one's authority.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The site also has a habit of trying to dictate how its readers should behave with an overabundance of articles about what readers "should" buy, do, etc.
Source: Magazine Decay - And, she thinks she's the best thing since sliced bread because she can buy/ bribe/ blackmail her troubles away or hire specialists to do whatever her whims dictate.
Source: Smug Snake / Web Comics
Cite this Source
Dictate and Buy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/dictate
Buy & Dictate. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/dictate>.
Dictate or Buy. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/dictate.
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