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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To buy less (of something) than is needed.
  • intransitive verb To buy something at a lower price than (a competitor).
  • intransitive verb To buy less of something than is needed.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To buy at less than the value. To buy at a lower price than (another).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To buy at less than the value of.
  • verb transitive To buy at less than the price of another.
  • verb transitive To buy too little.

Etymologies

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From under- +‎ buy.

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