Buy and Sanction

Buy

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

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

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Sanction verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Buy and sanction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Sanction".

Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

full	full buy	full sanction
free	free buy	free sanction

Moreover, the Traders were completely banned from doing business with Horizon's employees, via the Universal Trade Sanction—the bastards can't even buy food.

Source: Fan Fic / Friends of a Solar Empire
While the Universal Trade Sanction (which makes them unable to even buy food) was handed down by the Investigation Directorate, the various factions of the TEC also handed down their own punishments...including Cognizant Cryocontainment.

Source: Fan Fic / Friends of a Solar Empire

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