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Buy vs. Procure — What's the Difference?

Buy vs. Procure — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Buy and Procure

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Buy

Obtain in exchange for payment
Homeowners who buy into housing developments
He had been able to buy up hundreds of acres
He bought me a new frock
She bought six first-class stamps

Procure

To get by special effort; obtain or acquire
Managed to procure a pass.

Buy

Accept the truth of
I hate to buy into stereotypes
I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means

Procure

To bring about; effect
Procure a solution to a knotty problem.

Buy

A purchase
Wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops
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Procure

To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

Buy

To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Note at boughten.

Procure

To obtain sexual partners for others.

Buy

To be capable of purchasing
"Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy" (Ogden Nash).

Procure

(transitive) To acquire or obtain.

Buy

To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade
Wanted to buy love with gifts.

Procure

(transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

Buy

To bribe
Tried to buy a judge.

Procure

To induce or persuade someone to do something.

Buy

(Informal) To accept the truth or feasibility of
The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.

Procure

(obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

Buy

To purchase something; act as a purchaser.

Procure

(obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.

Buy

Something bought or for sale; a purchase.

Procure

(obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

Buy

An act of purchasing
A drug buy.

Procure

To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.
If we procure not to ourselves more woe.

Buy

Something that is underpriced; a bargain.

Procure

To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.

Buy

To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.

Procure

To solicit; to entreat.
The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . Of the fair Alma greatly were procuredTo make there longer sojourn and abode.

Buy

To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
You just bought yourself an assault charge!

Procure

To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?

Buy

To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

Procure

To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

Buy

(transitive) To bribe.
He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.

Procure

To pimp.

Buy

(transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.

Procure

To manage business for another in court.

Buy

To accept as true; to believe
I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!

Procure

Get by special effort;
He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed

Buy

(intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
She buys for Federated.
Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.

Procure

Arrange for sexual partners for others

Buy

To make a bluff, usually a large one.
Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff

Buy

Something which is bought; a purchase.
At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.

Buy

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; - opposed to sell.
Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.

Buy

To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Buy

To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
I will buy with you, sell with you.

Buy

An advantageous purchase;
She got a bargain at the auction
The stock was a real buy at that price

Buy

Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction;
The family purchased a new car
The conglomerate acquired a new company
She buys for the big department store

Buy

Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
This judge can be bought

Buy

Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange;
She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work

Buy

Accept as true;
I can't buy this story

Buy

Be worth or be capable of buying;
This sum will buy you a ride on the train

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