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to buy
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to afford
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to borrow
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to charge
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to get
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to give
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to lend
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to lose
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to owe
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to pay for something
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to run out
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to save
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to save up
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to sell
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to spend
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to waste
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cost
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money
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refund
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to be short of something
to buy
To buy
[ Verb ]
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b
u
y
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to get something in exchange for paying money

sell
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I need to buy groceries for dinner tonight.
He bought a new phone to replace his old one.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to afford
To afford
[ Verb ]
a
ə
ff
f
o
ɔ:
r
r
d
d

to be able to pay the cost of something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to borrow
To borrow
[ Verb ]
b
b
o
ɑ:
rr
r
o
w

to use or take something belonging to someone else, with the idea of returning it

lend

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to charge
To charge
[ Verb ]
ch
ʧ
a
ɑ:
r
r
g
ʤ
e

to ask a person to pay a certain amount of money in return for a product or service

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to get
To get
[ Verb ]
g
g
e
ɛ
t
t

to receive or come to have something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to give
To give
[ Verb ]
g
g
i
ɪ
v
v
e

to hand a thing to a person to look at, use, or keep

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to lend
To lend
[ Verb ]
l
l
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to give someone something, like money, expecting them to give it back after a while

borrow

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to lose
To lose
[ Verb ]
l
l
o
u:
s
z
e

to be deprived of or stop having someone or something

keep

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to owe
To owe
[ Verb ]
o
w
e

to have the responsibility of paying someone back a certain amount of money that was borrowed

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to pay for {sth}
To pay for something
[ phrase ]
uk flag
/pˈeɪ fɔːɹ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

to give money or something else of value in exchange for goods or services

To run out
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/ɹˈʌn ˈaʊt/

to use the available supply of something, leaving too little or none

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
run
phrase's particle
out
to save
To save
[ Verb ]
s
s
a
v
v
e

to keep someone or something safe and away from harm, death, etc.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to save up
To save up
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/sˈeɪv ˈʌp/

to set money or resources aside for future use

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
save
phrase's particle
up
to sell
To sell
[ Verb ]
s
s
e
ɛ
ll
l

to give something to someone in exchange for money

buy

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to spend
To spend
[ Verb ]
s
s
p
p
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to use money as a payment for services, goods, etc.

to waste
To waste
[ Verb ]
w
w
a
s
s
t
t
e

to use something without care or more than needed

conserve

Grammatical Information:

transitive
cost
Cost
[ noun ]
c
k
o
ɑ:
s
s
t
t

an amount we pay to buy, do, or make something

money
Money
[ noun ]
m
m
o
ʌ
n
n
e
i
y

something that we use to buy and sell goods and services, can be in the form of coins or paper bills

Refund
[ noun ]
r
r
e
ɪ
f
f
u
ʌ
n
n
d
d

an amount of money that is paid back because of returning goods to a store or one is not satisfied with the goods or services

To be short of something
[ phrase ]
uk flag
/biː ʃˈɔːɹt ʌv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

to not have enough of something

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