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"buy" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often purchase (8 letters).
Definitions
Get by paying money
Word origin
From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”).
Used in a sentence
“Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.”
“Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.”
“I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Purchase”3 letters
02“Get for a price”3 letters
03“Get for money”3 letters
04“Pay for”3 letters
05“Purchase at a store”3 letters
06“Pay for and get”3 letters
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