Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Favor
Favor verb - To do a service or favor for.
Both words in one sentence
- Superman: Do us both a favor and buy one.
Source: Gallows Humor -
The mask was scrapped in favor of an unmovable, Power Rangers-like helmet after Sam Raimi decided that audiences wouldn't buy that a simple rubber mask could move like that.
Source: Expressive Mask -
Customers have to buy tickets by paying things like a cherished memory, or (ominously vague) "a favor", and anyone who eats food there has a 17% chance of staying there permanently as an employee.
Source: Circus of Fear
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