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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Two questions about "buy away"
Hello everybody,
1) With reference to the following web page:
http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/books/2013/05/michelle_obama_at_book_signing_buy_away
"Buy away": I think it means something like "please, purchase the book right now", but what does "away" exactly mean in this sentence?
2) In a marketing leaflet: "Analyze customer buy-away by product": what does "buy-away" mean in this sentence?
Thank you very much for any help about the above!
1) With reference to the following web page:
http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/books/2013/05/michelle_obama_at_book_signing_buy_away
"Buy away": I think it means something like "please, purchase the book right now", but what does "away" exactly mean in this sentence?
2) In a marketing leaflet: "Analyze customer buy-away by product": what does "buy-away" mean in this sentence?
Thank you very much for any help about the above!
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e. without holding back), suggesting people buying enthusiastically or in large quantities. 2) Don't know.
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- without holding back), suggesting people buying enthusiastically or in large quantities.
- 2) Don't know.
- Is that the whole sentence, and is that definitely a hyphen not a dash?
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1) "away" in this case means "freely" (i.e. without holding back), suggesting people buying enthusiastically or in large quantities.
2) Don't know. Is that the whole sentence, and is that definitely a hyphen not a dash? (Not that I understand it any better with a dash, but just to be sure...)
2) Don't know. Is that the whole sentence, and is that definitely a hyphen not a dash? (Not that I understand it any better with a dash, but just to be sure...)
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Hello,
thank you very much for your message!
Yes, it's actually a hyphen, but I've noticed also an occurrence of "buy away", for example:
Market Study & Buy Away Analysis
Analyze Sales deviation by dealer
"Buy Away project management": analysis and price repositioning on competitive part numbers
Thanks again and kind regards
thank you very much for your message!
Yes, it's actually a hyphen, but I've noticed also an occurrence of "buy away", for example:
Market Study & Buy Away Analysis
Analyze Sales deviation by dealer
"Buy Away project management": analysis and price repositioning on competitive part numbers
Thanks again and kind regards
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