Lists of Words

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

A

abandon
abnegate
absorb
abstract
accept
access
accord
account
accouter
accoutre
accrue
accumulate
acquire
add
address
admeasure
administer
admit
adopt
advance
afford
agree
air-condition
air-cool
alien
alienate
allocate
allot
allow
allowance
alphabetize
amass
amortise
amortize
annex
ante up
antique
apply
appoint
apportion
appreciate
appropriate
arbitrage
arm
armor
armour
arrogate
articulate
assess
assign
assume
attach
attain
auction
auction off
auctioneer
award

B

back
bag
bail
balance
bank
bankroll
bankrupt
bargain
bargain down
barter
barter away
be
bear
beat down
bed
beg
beggar
belong
benefice
benefit
bequeath
bereave
berth
bestow
bewhisker
bid
bilk
bill
black market
black marketeer
blackmail
bleed
bless
blow
bond
bootleg
border
borrow
bottle
bottom
bounce
brattice
break
break even
breathe
bribe
bring
bring home
bring home the bacon
bring in
broker
browse
bull
bum
bump
bung
bunk
bunker
burn
bush
buy
buy back
buy food
buy in
buy into
buy off
buy out
buy up
by-bid

C

cabbage
cache
cadge
calculate
call
call back
call for
call in
canal
canalise
canalize
capitalise
capitalize
caption
capture
carry
carry over
carry the can
cash
cash in
cash in on
cast
cast aside
cast away
cast out
catch
causeway
cede
certificate
certify
chaffer
chalk up
chance
chance on
chance upon
change
change hands
change owners
charge
charter
check
check out
cheque
chip in
chuck
chuck out
claim
clean out
clean up
clear
cleat
close out
cloy
co-opt
coal
coinsure
collect
comb out
combine
come across
come by
come into
come up
come upon
commit
communalise
communalize
communicate
comparison-shop
compensate
compile
compound
computerise
computerize
concede
condemn
confer
confide
confiscate
conquer
conserve
consign
constitutionalize
contribute
convey
cop
copper-bottom
copyright
corbel
cornice
corrupt
cosponsor
costume
cough up
cover
cozen
credit
crenel
crenelate
crenellate
crib
cull
curtain
cut in

D

dado
de-access
de-aerate
deaccession
deaerate
deal
deal out
debit
decaffeinate
decarbonate
decerebrate
dechlorinate
declare
decline
decommission
deduct
deed over
deep-six
defalcate
defat
default
default on
defibrinate
defray
degrease
deionize
delist
deliver
delocalize
demise
deny
deoxygenate
deplume
deposit
deprive
derequisition
derive
desacralize
despoil
destain
desulfurize
desulphurize
detick
devein
devise
devolve
devote
dicker
dip
disburse
discard
discount
discover
disembarrass
disembody
dish out
dishonor
dishonour
disinfest
disinherit
disinvest
disown
dispense
dispense with
displume
dispose
dispossess
distrain
distribute
ditch
divert
divest
divvy up
do good
dock
dole out
donate
double
double up
double-glaze
dower
download
draw
draw off
drive home
drop
dump

E

earn
economise
economize
edge
eke out
embalm
embattle
embezzle
encounter
endow
enfeoff
engage
enlist
enrich
ensile
entail
enter upon
entrust
equip
espouse
exchange
excise
exert
exhaust
expend
export
extend
extort
extract

F

face the music
factor
fail
fall
fall upon
farm
farm out
feather one's nest
fee
fee-tail
feed back
feel
fence
fetch
fettle
fiddle
filch
fill in
fill out
fin
finance
find
fire
fit
fit out
fleece
flense
flesh
fling
flood
flourish
fly high
fob off
foist off
follow
foot
forage
foray
foreclose
forego
foreswear
forfeit
forgo
fork out
fork over
fork up
free
freeload
fret
FTP
fuel
fund
fund raise
fund-raise
fundraise
furnish

G

gain
garage
garner
garnish
garnishee
gas up
gate
gather up
gazump
get
get hold
get in
get into
get rid of
gift
give
give away
give back
give it the deep six
give out
give up
glass
glaze
glom
glut
go Dutch
gouge
grab
graduate
grant
grate
grease one's palms
gross
grub
grubstake

H

haggle
hand
hand down
hand out
hand over
happen
happen upon
harbor
harbour
hat
have
have got
hawk
headline
headquarter
heap
heat
higgle
hijack
hire
hire out
hit
hive
hive away
hive off
hive up
hoard
hobnail
hock
hog
hold
hold back
hold down
hold on
hold open
hold over
hold the line
hold up
honor
honour
hook
horseshoe
hospitalise
hospitalize
huckster
husband
hustle

I

immobilise
immobilize
immolate
impart
import
impose
impound
impoverish
impulse-buy
indemnify
index
inherit
innervate
instill
institutionalise
institutionalize
instrument
insufflate
insure
interchange
interleave
intrust
invest
invoice

J

jettison
job
joint
junk

K

keep
keep back
keep open
keep to oneself
keep up
kern
key
kick back
kick in
kit
kit out
kit up
kite
knock off

L

land
lapse
lavish
lay
lay aside
lay away
lay claim
lay in
lay out
lease
leave
lend
let
letter
leverage
levy
lift
light
light upon
line one's pockets
line up
liquidate
liquidize
load
loan
locate
loft
log in
log off
log on
log out
log-in
loot
lose
lot
luck into

M

machicolate
maintain
make
make up
malversate
manipulate
mark down
mark up
market
maroon
match
merchandise
mete out
misappropriate
misdeal
misspend
miter
monger
monopolise
monopolize
mooch
mortgage
mothball
motorize
move
mug
mulct
mummify
munition
muzzle

N

nail
negociate
net
nickel-and-dime
nobble

O

obligate
obtain
occupy

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