buy at a price vs buy for a price

Both "buy at a price" and "buy for a price" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Buy at a price" is commonly used when referring to the specific price at which something is purchased, while "buy for a price" is used to indicate the amount of money paid for an item.

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buy at a price

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the specific price at which something is purchased.

Examples:

I bought the car at a price that was lower than the market value.
She bought the painting at a price that was too high.
They bought the house at a price that was a bargain.

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Notes that the ECA recommended already in 1979 that rental contracts should include an option to buy at a price which takes into account rent already paid (acquisitive emphyteusis);
Notes that the ECA recommended already in 1979 that rental contracts should include an option to buy at a price which takes into account rent already paid (acquisitive emphyteusis);
After the stock falls, we will buy at a low price.
They produce unsubsidised wines that people want to buy, at a price they can afford.
The entity has received various offers to buy the mine at a price of around CU800.
They need expensive fish. I buy it, but at a price that I can afford.
Finally, the Czech authorities point out that the public offer by INH to buy back its shares at a price of CZK 550 met with very little response.
The Commission proposes to buy annually at a guaranteed price an agreed quota of 1.4 tonnes of white sugar equivalent.
I'll buy your carpets at a good price.
I think it's better to think about someone in New Jersey driving in their current car and hearing that right around the corner there's a Jaguar to buy at a low, low price.
When you enter a buy transaction on this investment, use SEK as the currency. So if you buy 100 shares at a price of SEK 248.00, for a total of SEK 24,800.00, enter these values in the transaction.
Instead of campaigning actively for new forms of electricity generation the individual consumer is first asked to buy cleaner energy at a different price from another supplier.
There is something called an oil future, a contract allowing you to buy today, at a specified price, a certain amount of oil for delivery in six months.
At the end of the leasing period the lessee often has the option to buy the good at a nominal price.
At the end of the leasing period the lessee often has the option to buy the good at a nominal price.
Differences in price are covered by a mechanism whereby the network operators buy electricity at a fixed price and sell it at the market price.
And it's not important because you can buy components at a lower price, OK?
Well, there's no use buying unless you can buy it at a good price.
l believe my father did buy it at a bargain price.
Buy it at a good price, it's my best

Alternatives:

purchase at a price
acquire at a price
obtain at a price
get at a price
procure at a price

buy for a price

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the amount of money paid for an item.