Buy and Keep

Buy

Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.

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Keep and buy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Buy".

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Buy and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

old	old buy	old keep
good	good buy	good keep
full	full buy	full keep
best	best buy	best keep
Other adjectives: powerful, big.

house	buy house	keep house
time	buy time	keep time
way	buy way	keep way
game	buy game	keep game
Other words: story, ship, items, weapons.

In Morrowind you can't buy, but if you feel like it, you can just kill the owner of a house and it's yours to keep.

Source: Player Headquarters
Though they are heavy and expensive to buy and keep supplied with ammo, they more than make up for it with their ability to make Swiss cheese out of anything that moves, more so with Armor piercing ammo.

Source: Tabletop Game / New Horizon
In Dragon Quest VIII, certain items (typically, those you can't buy in stores) will devalue if you sell too many, but you can keep selling them anyway if you like.

Source: We Buy Anything

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