BUYS

"BUYS" is a plural of: buy.

Date "BUYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Crosswords: BUYS

Rumor has it that Arafat buys his there. (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart)

I got them from a scal a person who buys things and then resells them. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

So let me get this straight; whenever a black guy does well, starts wearing Dockers, buys a few Celine Dion records, and sleeps with a White chick, you automatically say he's sold out? (Undercover Brother; writing credit: Eran Merav)

We report it to the police, D-Day takes care of the wreck, the insurance company buys your brother a new car. (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney)

You know what four dollars buys today? (Saturday Night Fever; writing credit: Norman Wexler)

Ah but, two hours of pushin' broom buys a (KING OF THE ROAD; performing artist: Roger Miller)

Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room ("King of the Road"; performing artist: Roger Miller)

He buys her diamond rings, you know, (I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney); performing artist: The Beatles)

That her baby buys her things, you know. (I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney); performing artist: The Beatles)

So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak (Mother's Little Helper; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

He who buys what he doesn't need steals from himself. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

Wealth buys leisure, but not wisdom. (references; author: unknown)

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it. (references; author: unknown)

Henry W. Zippy Buys a Motor Boat (1916)

Mr. Nobody Holme Buys a Jitney (1916)

Pa Buys a Flivver (1915)

Hesanut Buys an Auto (1914)

Father Buys a Bale (1914)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Unguided Missiles: How America Buys Its Weapons (reference)

• Best Buys in Rare Coins: What Expert Dealers and Collectors Advise (reference)

• Best Buys and Bargains in Paris: (Yes, They Do Exist!) (reference)

• From Software to Service Bureaus: Amdocs Broadens Its Billing Market Reach and Buys ITDS [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Novell Buys Callisto for Mobile Device Support in ZENworks [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Best Buys & Discount Prices (reference)

• Best Buys For Your Home (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Money Buys Happiness (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anyway, his tax dollar still buys quite a bit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Catherine Herbster budgets herself carefully. She buys those vegetables and food which are plentiful and cheap. She must see that her family of growing children get the right foods to make them strong and healthy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rancher buys horse blankets. Capriola Saddlery, Elko, Nevada. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmer buys sugar beet tops for feed. Brighton, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

Seneca, Oregon. Sign on the ore purchasing depot of the metal reserves company. This company buys ore from small operators. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Greece currently buys the bulk of its natural gas from Russia (via Bulgaria). (references)

The majority buys franchises outside their own field of previous work experience. (references)

The more securities a customer buys, the sooner the operator starts to provide services. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Some of these offerings may be considered good buys by some investors. (references)

Nicaragua

The Central Bank also buys and sells dollars, but charges a one-percent commission. (references)

Guatemala

The Guatemalan government buys approximately $ 30 million worth of pharmaceutical products per year. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

There is also an informal but legal foreign exchange market in Pakistan that generally buys and sells foreign currency at a premium. (references)

CHILE

Government procurement practices: The government buys locally produced goods only when the conditions of sale (price, delivery times, etc.) are equal to or better than those for equivalent imports. (references)

Worker Rights

Slovenia

The law does not prohibit specifically trafficking in persons; although the law on "enslavement" prescribes criminal prosecution for a person who "brings another person into slavery or a similar condition, or keeps another person in such a condition, or buys, sells or delivers another person to a third party" or brokers such a deal; trafficking of women through and to the country is a problem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "BUYS": Buys Ballot's law. Additional references.

Beginning with "BUYS": Buys-Ballot's, buys-in.

Ending with "BUYS": bulk-buys, lulla-buys, multi-buys, re-buys.

Containing "BUYS": Novell-buys-unix.

Catalan

compres. (various references)

Chinese 

å€'爺 (profiteer; one who buys low and sell high). (various references)

Danish

Buys Ballots lov (baric wind law, buys ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), varer købt på markedet og faktisk forbrugt i den pågældende periode af den enhed,som køber dem,dvs.løbende køb af varer plus værdien af varer udtaget fra begyndelseslageret og minus værdien af lignende varer,lagt på lager i løbet af den pågæl (goods bought on the market and actually consumed by the unit which buys them during the relevant period, plus the value of similar goods withdrawn from stocks existing at the beginning of the period and minus the value of similar goods added to stocks during the period). (various references)

Dutch

wet van Buys Ballot (baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), op de markt aangekochte goederen die werkelijk worden verbruikt door de eenheid die deze tijdens de beschouwde periode aankoopt,dat wil zeggen de lopende aankopen van goederen,vermeerderd met de onttrekkingen van gelijksoortige goederen aan de bij het beg (goods bought on the market and actually consumed by the unit which buys them during the relevant period, plus the value of similar goods withdrawn from stocks existing at the beginning of the period and minus the value of similar goods added to stocks during the period). (various references)

Finnish

Buys Ballotin laki (baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law). (various references)

French

règle de Buys-Ballot (Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), règle de Buys Ballot (Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), loi de buys ballot (buys ballot's law), les biens achetés sur le marché et effectivement consommés par l'unité qui les achète au cours de la période considerée,c'est-à -dire les achats courants de biens augmentés des prélèvements de biens similaires sur les stocks existant en début d (goods bought on the market and actually consumed by the unit which buys them during the relevant period). (various references)

German

erkauft. (various references)

Greek 

νόμος του Byus Ballot (buys ballot's law), νόμος του BUYS BALLOT (baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law). (various references)

Italian

regola di Buys Ballot (baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), legge di buys ballot (baric wind law, buys ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), i beni acquistati sul mercato e effettivamente impiegati dall'unità che li acquista durante il periodo in esame,cioè gli acquisti correnti di beni aumentati dei beni simili prelevati dalle scorte esitenti all'inizio del periodo,e diminuiti dei beni simi (goods bought on the market and actually consumed by the unit which buys them during the relevant period, i.e.current purchases of goods, plus the value of similar goods withdrawn from stocks existing at the beginning of the period and minus the value of similar goods added to stocks during the period). (various references)

Pig Latin

uysbay

Portuguese

regra de Buys Ballot (baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), os bens adquiridos no mercado e efectivamente consumidos pela unidade que os adquiriu durante o período considerado,isto é,as compras correntes de bens acrescidas do valor dos bens similares retirados de existências no início do período e diminuídas (goods bought on the market and actually consumed by the unit which buys them during the relevant period, i.e.current purchases of goods, plus the value of similar goods withdrawn from stocks existing at the beginning of the period and minus the value of similar goods added to stocks during the period). (various references)

Spanish

regla de Buys Ballot (baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law), los bienes comprados en el mercado y consumidos realmente por la unidad que los compra en el transcurso del período considerado, es decir, las compras corrientes de bienes, más el valor de los bienes similares retirados de las existencias almacenadas al (goods bought on the market and actually consumed by the unit which buys them during the relevant period, i.e.current purchases of goods, plus the value of similar goods withdrawn from stocks existing at the beginning of the period and minus the value of similar goods added to stocks during the period), ley de buys ballot (buys ballot's law). (various references)

Swedish

köper (buy). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "BUYS": outbuys, overbuys, rebuys, underbuys. (additional references)

Misspellings

"BUYS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bauys, beys, bouis, bouys, Boycs, Boyks, Boyns, boyse, buays, bucs, buhs, Buie, buim, buis, buisy, buiys, buye, Buyo, buyt, fuys, Zbys. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: busy.

-1 letter: bus, buy, bys, sub.

-2 letters: by, us.

+1 letter: bousy, buoys, busby, bushy, busty, fubsy.

+2 letters: bayous, blousy, bluesy, blueys, brushy, bunyas, busboy, busily, butyls, buyers, byssus, rebuys, snubby, stubby, suably, subtly, subway, unbusy, usably.

+3 letters: bugeyes, burleys, bursary, busboys, bushily, busying, buyouts, dybbuks, fusibly, hushaby, maybush, obsequy, outbuys, paystub, rudesby, scrubby, shrubby, solubly, squabby, stubbly, subsidy, subtype, subways, useably.

+4 letters: absurdly, bistoury, blousily, bluejays, blustery, bodysuit, bodysurf, brulyies, buckeyes, buoyages, busybody, busyness, busywork, butyrals, butyrins, butyrous, butyryls, buybacks, byssuses, hautboys, houseboy, issuably, ladybugs, obtusely, obtusity, overbusy, overbuys, paystubs, robustly, rubbishy, slumbery, sonobuoy, stubbily, subentry, subphyla, subtilty, subtlety, subtypes, subwayed, suitably, sunbeamy, superbly, syllabub, syllabus, unstably, unsubtly.