buying purchasing | the act of buying, buying and selling fill their days, shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge |
mail-order buying catalog buying | buying goods to be shipped through the mail |
grasping taking hold seizing prehension | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
clasp clench clutch clutches grasp grip hold | the act of grasping, he released his clasp on my arm, he has a strong grip for an old man, she kept a firm hold on the railing |
cheap shot | an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence, he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback |
grip grasp | an intellectual hold or understanding, a good grip on French history, they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities, he was in the grip of a powerful emotion, a terrible power had her in its grasp |
compass range reach grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
appreciation grasp hold | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something, he has a good grasp of accounting practices |
grasping | understanding with difficulty, the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings |
cheap shot | an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person |
huckster cheap-jack | a seller of shoddy goods |
installment plan installment buying time plan | a system for paying for goods by installments |
cheap money | credit available at low rates of interest |
grok get the picture comprehend savvy dig grasp compass apprehend | get the meaning of something, Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? |
grasp hold on | hold firmly |
avaricious covetous grabby grasping greedy prehensile | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth, they are avaricious and will do anything for money, casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields, a grasping old miser, grasping commercialism, greedy for money and power, grew richer and greedier, prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees |
boughten store-bought | purchased, not homemade, my boughten clothes, a store-bought dress |
cheap inexpensive | relatively low in price or charging low prices, it would have been cheap at twice the price, inexpensive family restaurants |
dirt cheap | very cheap, a dirt cheap property |
cheap chinchy chintzy | embarrassingly stingy |
bum cheap cheesy chintzy crummy punk sleazy tinny | of very poor quality, flimsy |
d brassy cheap flash flashy garish gaudy gimcrack loud meretricious tacky tatty tawdry trashy dcb | tastelessly showy, a flash car, a flashy ring, garish colors, a gaudy costume, loud sport shirts, a meretricious yet stylish book, tawdry ornaments |