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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade will have purchased purchasing sale has sold sales will have bought have purchased has purchased have bought will purchase had sold purchased sold bought buy sells purchase selling have sold will buy purchases sell had bought had purchased buys will have sold will sell has bought buying stuff BuyingAnObject A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingAnObject</a>, the thing purchased (i.e., the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rveWVspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectPaidFor</a>) is a material object. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingAService</a>. ForSale for sale thing An attribute for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> events. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPoiWn8AEdaAAAABAjVgzA" class="cyc_term">salesObjectStatus</a> BUYING <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgLBELnS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ForSale</a>) means that the object(s) bought during BUYING were for sale at the start of BUYING. SaleItemsOnOrder sale items on order The items sold are on order investing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjV2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Investing</a> is an event in which an agent buys something (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stock</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwUnQqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PreciousMetal</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTnpiPHS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Antique</a>s, or a stake in some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8yJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessRelationshipActivity</a>) in the expectation that that thing will increase in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> over time. Note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjV2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Investing</a> is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpendingMoney</a> (q.v.). Investing NonCommercialSale non-commercial sale A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonCommercialSale</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a> is a `non-commercial' agent -- that is, is a person rather than a business or other organization. buyback Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rN7MT0CqlQdiAdNUsy98mfw" class="cyc_term">Buyback</a> is a type of sale in which the seller previously purchased the goods sold from the buyer, but now the seller is buying the items back. Buyback sale item in stock SaleItemsInStock The items sold are in stock SaleBackOrdered The items sold are backordered sale back ordered BuyingAService A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingAService</a>, an agent exchanges money for some service (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceEvent</a>). This collection includes events in which an agent buys both a good and a service (for instance, when an agent buys a sit-down meal in a restaurant), as well as events in which an agent pays for a service, but does not buy any goods (for instance, when a parent pays a babysitter to watch his or her child). buying a service (UsingAFn CreditCardWithLongInterestFreePeriod) using credit cards with long interest free period buying generic artifacts This non-atomic reified term denotes the collection of buying events in which the object purchased is an instance of the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjSBSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Generic</a>. (BuyingFn Artifact-Generic) The items sold were returned sale returned SaleReturned (BuyingFn FinancialAsset) buying financial assets A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rxAfD1rjnEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">ImpulseBuyingSomething</a>, someone buys something on impulse without proper reflection. ImpulseBuyingSomething impulse buying Undersell-Buying underselling A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAKmS7rjmEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Undersell_Buying</a>, someone sells cheaper than their competition. Moving-Buying A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rEfpg7LtHEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Moving_Buying</a>, someone disposes of something by selling. moving buyout Buyout Disposing-Buying A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rj6ijLrtGEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Disposing_Buying</a>, something gives, sells, or transfers to another. disposing CommercialBuying commercial buying Buying events involving commercial organizations. Typically, this involves one business buying goods or services from another business. Typically, a purchase order is sent from the buyer, and the seller extends credit terms to the buyer for the transaction. A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ruH88vLjlEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Dumping_Buying</a>, someone sells something at artificially low prices. dumping Dumping-Buying (UsingAFn CreditCardWithShortInterestFreePeriod) using credit cards with short interest free period WholesalingALoan wholesaling a loan using legal tender (UsingAFn TenderObject) A collection of events; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. Each instance of this collection is a buying that occurs as a subevent of some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VacationTrip</a> to a place the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a> is not a resident of. BuyingWhileOnATrip buying while on vacation SellingAtALoss sacrificing A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXQoUrvPEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">SellingAtALoss</a>, someone sells something at a loss. Nike Buying Converse Business Event NikeBuyingConverse-BusinessEvent the Buying A TheTerm to represent an event in which TheBuyer purchases something (either an object or a service) from TheSeller. TheBuying buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally object-like. A collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is temporally object-like just in case it generally holds that any proper purely temporal parts (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> is not itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>. More precisely, a collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> just in case it satisfies the following: For any distinct <code><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code>, if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <i>not</i> <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> For example, none of the proper time-slices of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> is itself a calendar year. Likewise for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> are both instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>. Conversely, a proper time-slice of a given <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> might itself be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> (e.g. an hour has minutes and seconds as time-slices); so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> is <i>not</i> a temporal-object-type. <p/> See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally stuff-like. TemporalObjectType temporal object type buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG3JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SelectingSomething</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a> is a collection of events that are very generally related to purchasing goods or services. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a> is an event that is either (i) a common prelude to buying (i.e., the kinds of activities that contribute to their doers becoming buyers), or (ii) an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> itself. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a> include shopping for, or ordering, something very specific, and also general expressions of interest in purchasing something, such as placing an `Item Wanted' ad in a newspaper. BuyingActivity buying activity buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString CommercialActivities-Financial-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. commercial activities financial topic monetary transaction MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVids5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransaction</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a> is an event in which two instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> (who are related to the event via specializations of the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV37_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">exchangers</a>) perform two reciprocal instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViM85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TransferringPossession</a>, one of which is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransfer</a>. The agent who performs the instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransfer</a> (this agent is related to the event via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) gives some money to the other agent (who is related to the event via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>) in order to gain some user rights over an object possessed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a> (this object is related to the event via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rveWVspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectPaidFor</a>). The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a> relinquishes some user rights over the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rveWVspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectPaidFor</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>, in exchange for the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>'s money (which is related to the event via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViT0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectTendered</a>). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is <i>not</i> a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>.