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  • adjective Not buying.

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non- +‎ buying

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Examples

  • I had been completely and utterly had by a group of traders who fomented what amounted to a nonbuying short squeeze that snared me and only me.

    Jim Cramer's Real Money James J. Cramer 2005

  • I had been completely and utterly had by a group of traders who fomented what amounted to a nonbuying short squeeze that snared me and only me.

    Jim Cramer's Real Money James J. Cramer 2005

  • Obviously, the nonbuying of one device does not generate the cash necessary to buy another, but most people's mental accounts are quite flexible, said Dilip Soman, a professor of marketing at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

    Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector 2008

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