underbuy

underbuy
/un'deuhr buy"/, v., underbought, underbuying.
v.t.
1. to buy more cheaply than (another).
2. to buy at less than the actual value.
v.i.
3. to buy an insufficient quantity, as of supplies or stock in trade.
[1605-15; UNDER- + BUY]

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