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multibuy en · NOUN

Etymology

From multi- + buy.

Meanings

  1. (attributive, often) An offer in which more than one of an item is purchased at the same time.
    • Everyone likes to get something for nothing and these multibuys are a successful way of encouraging consumers to buy products they do not really want. 2001, Keith Brumfitt, Stephen Barnes, Liz Norris, The Competitive Business Environment, page 31:
    • If they did not have efficient computerised systems, supermarkets would not be able to offer multibuy schemes (such as buy two and get the third free). 2001, Steve Cushing, GCSE information and communication technology for OCR specification B:

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