buy the rights

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To acquire the legal rights to a work, property, story, or intellectual creation, especially for purposes such as publication, adaptation, or distribution.
  2. Used as a rebuke to someone seeking information for free.

Word forms

buy the rights buys the rights buying the rights bought the rights
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