Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Reserve
Reserve verb - To arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use.
How words are described
| good | good buy | good reserve |
| full | full buy | full reserve |
| large | large buy | large reserve |
| big | big buy | big reserve |
| Other adjectives: new. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When the racist manager of the Calthorpe hotel won't give the family the suite they reserve, Felicity Leong calls her husband and they decide to buy the hotel and fire the manager.
Source: Literature / Crazy Rich Asians -
When Frost claims his third form is his strongest, Goku doesn't buy it and accuses him of keeping a transformation in reserve for later matches.
Source: I Am Not Left-Handed -
In "Cue Detective" Homer is sent to the store with a reserve bag of money to buy the family a new washing machine.
Source: Gilligan Cut
Cite this Source
Reserve and Buy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/reserve
Buy & Reserve. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/reserve>.
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