Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buy the rumor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: buy the ru-mor
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To purchase an asset based on positive speculation or unconfirmed reports, anticipating a price rise before the positive development leading to it is confirmed by official news.

Inflected Forms

buys the rumor (present, singular) buying the rumor (participle, present) bought the rumor (participle, past) bought the rumor (past) buy the rumour (alternative)

Phrases

buy the rumor, sell the news

Questions

What does buy the rumor mean?: To purchase an asset based on positive speculation or unconfirmed reports, anticipating a price rise before the positive development leading to it is confirmed by official news.

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