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underbuy en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From under- + buy.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To buy at less than the value of.
2. (transitive) To buy at less than the price of another.
3. (ambitransitive) To buy too little.
   • Well, just as you can overbuy when selecting a home, you can underbuy. That's what Nathan and Rebecca did when they bought their first home. They believed in living within their means — a good thing — but they took it to an extreme. 2009, Eric Tyson, Ray Brown, Home Buying for Dummies:

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