Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Reward
Reward verb - To give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement.
How words are described
| good | good buy | good reward |
| high | high buy | high reward |
| full | full buy | full reward |
| best | best buy | best reward |
| Other adjectives: free, real, large, minor, random, different, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He winds up turning himself in so the commune can collect the $500 reward and buy food to tide themselves over until the harvest.
Source: Wanted Poster -
Bittersweet Ending: After Lina begs Howie not to carry Ben's corpse back to Abilene, Howie starts to bury the body, and thus loses his chance to get the reward and buy back his ranch.
Source: Film / The Naked Spur - The Alan Ahlberg poem "I Did a Bad Thing Once" has a child describe how he stole money from his mother to buy bubblegum, only for his mum to then give him bubblegum as a reward for being good.
Source: Oblivious Guilt Slinging
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