buy to let
To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“They want to buy to let their new apartment.”
“He decided to buy to let the house near the university to earn extra monthly income.”
“Many investors choose to buy to let properties in developing neighborhoods, hoping that rising rental demand will provide a steady return on their initial capital.”
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been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.
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buy a dog and bark oneself
To do something that one has hired someone else to do.
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buy a ticket to
Used to indicate that someone is in agreement with an assertion, statement, or suggestion.
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buy and hold
A passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.
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buy into
To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
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buy it
To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.
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buy out
to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
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buy straw hats in winter
Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
Last updated August 10, 2026