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Buy
1. A recommendation to purchase a specific security.

2. To acquire an asset in exchange for currency.

Notes:
Exact definitions vary by brokerage, but in general this rating is better than neutral but worse than strong buy.

Buy
To purchase an asset; taking a long position.
buy
A bargain-priced asset. For example, an analyst may feel that a particular firm owns valuable assets overlooked or undervalued by the financial community. In such an instance, the firm's stock is considered a buy.
buy
To purchase a security or other asset. Compare sell.


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Rather than first finding an investor to buy a neighboring farm that's for sale, Schroeder first buys the farm and then resells it to an investor with a long-term lease attached.
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