Definition

1. Verb:
   • To purchase stocks or shares of a company: The primary meaning is to acquire an ownership stake in a company by buying its stock.
   • To accept or believe in an idea, concept, or system: A figurative extension meaning to agree with and support a particular idea, plan, or philosophy.

Usage Examples

• Verb (literal, financial):

  • He decided to buy into the tech startup early.
  • Many small investors are buying into the new green energy fund.

• Verb (figurative, belief):

  • The team needs to buy into the coach's new strategy for it to work.
  • I don't buy into the idea that success requires constant hustle.

Advanced Usage

• "to buy into something hook, line, and sinker": To accept or believe in something completely and uncritically.
  • He bought into the conspiracy theory hook, line, and sinker.

Variants and Related Words

• Buy-in (noun): Agreement, support, or commitment to a plan or idea.
  • We need full buy-in from the department to proceed.

Synonyms

• Invest in: To put money into financial assets or, figuratively, to devote time or effort to something.
• Subscribe to: To agree with or believe in an idea or theory.
• Endorse: To give approval or support to.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Buy out: To purchase a controlling share or all of someone's interest in a company.

  • The partners decided to buy out his share of the business.

• Buy up: To purchase large quantities of something.

  • Investors began to buy up all the available stock.

Related Idioms

• Buy a piece of: Similar to "buy into," meaning to get a share or stake in something.

  • He wanted to buy a piece of the action.

• Buy the farm: An idiom meaning to die (slang, unrelated to the core meaning of "buy into").

Verb

1. buy stocks or shares of a company