Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Usage example: I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now
Exchange for and buy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exchange for" instead a verb "Buy".
Exchange for
Both terms in one sentence
- Terry Gilliam found out and cut a deal with the BBC; he would buy them new tapes to use in exchange for the master tapes of Season 1 and all future episodes.
Source: Missing Episode / Live-Action TV -
When Jack Sparrow offers to serve under Barbossa as Commodore in exchange for remaining captain of the Black Pearl, one of the things he offers is to buy him a big floppy hat.
Source: Hat of Authority -
Heck, in one episode, they were willing to buy a Woodchuck Morris fart in a jar (which was really Burford's far in it) from Buford in exchange for every single thing they owned.
Source: Western Animation / Numb Chucks
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