Buy and Pay

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

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Pay and buy are semantically related in pay back topic. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead a verb "Buy".

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.

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Buy and pay are semantically related in pay back topic. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Pay".

Nearby Words: payment, paid, paying, payable, payout

good	good buy	good pay
high	high buy	high pay
full	full buy	full pay
best	best buy	best pay
Other adjectives: free, large, big, terrible, late, random, higher.

Because the underlying Hero System is "effect-based" and you can potentially do a lot of tricks with superspeed, there's not simply one speed power in Champions — instead, you basically buy and pay for what you're planning to actually do with it.

Source: Super Speed
You don't pay karma for every single spell, either, but instead unlock higher forces of spells and spell slots, then buy formulae for each spell & force level combination.

Source: Videogame / Shadowrun Returns
Blacksmiths and fletchers will buy any unwanted equipment you care to sell them, but fletchers will pay more for bows and other ranged weapons than blacksmiths will, and blacksmiths will pay more for melee weapons and armor.

Source: We Buy Anything

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