Did you possibly mean boycott?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.
- v. transitive To support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products.
Etymologies
- Blend of buy and boycott (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Supporters of the law expect to draw thousands to a rally of their own Saturday evening at a baseball stadium in suburban Tempe, encouraging like-minded Americans to "buycott" Arizona by planning vacations in the state.”
“Supporters plan a rally of their own at a Tempe baseball stadium, encouraging like-minded Americans to "buycott" Arizona by planning vacations in the state.”
“They may consider a "buycott" which directs LGBT spending to specific businesses with good LGBT policies, and an implicit "boycott" everything else.”
“Check out their entries and the entries of the other Green Game Changers -- eco-adventurer David de Rothschild, "buycott" organizer Brent Shulkin, carbon footprint analyst Gavin Starks, home gardening guru Roger Doiron, eco-entrepreneur Graham Hill, ClimateCount's Gary Hirshberg, and "Green Porno" auteur Isabella Rossellini -- and vote for your favorites.”
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“Interestingly, although liberals tend to "buycott" more than conservatives, very liberal and very conservative consumers tend to boycott at about the same level.”
“The survey also finds that while liberals boycott and "buycott" at about the same level, conservatives are much more likely to boycott products or services than to "buycott" them.”
“Americans on the West Coast are the most likely to "buycott" a product or service; however, both Midwestern and West Coast consumers are most likely to boycott.”
“More than 7,000 supporters of Arizona's law gathered Saturday evening at a baseball stadium in suburban Tempe, encouraging like-minded Americans to "buycott" Arizona by planning vacations in the state.”
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“About 7,000 supporters of Arizona's law gathered Saturday evening at a baseball stadium in suburban Tempe, encouraging like-minded Americans to "buycott" Arizona by planning vacations in the state.”
“Hughes attended the pro-SB 1070 "buycott" rally at Tempe's Diablo Stadium later that same say.”
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kewpid “… a way of more effectively responding to businesses whose practices are objectionable. Don’t simply not give them your money, which doesn’t have much effect because those businesses have little way of measuring what it is they lost, because they never know what they lost. Instead, almost give them your money, and then cancel your transaction and state explicitly your reason for canceling.�?
— Dan Waber, Buycott instead of Boycott (2008) Free Idea Factory. Jun 7, 2008