buycottとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪkɒt/

名詞

buycott (複数形 buycotts)

1. The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.
   • 2005 October 4, Leo Hickman, “Should I ... support a consumer boycott?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     And, in addition to the boycott, double your power via the "buycott" by giving your cash to firms and services that are notably behaving themselves.

   • 2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch; Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Within days, conservative celebrities and politicians called for a boycott of the brand. These calls were then followed by calls for a reverse boycott, or buycott, encouraging people to buy Bud Light to show support for the marketing.

動詞

buycott (三人称単数 現在形 buycotts, 現在分詞 buycotting, 過去形および過去分詞形 buycotted)

1. (transitive) To support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products.
   • 2009 October 11, Anand Giridharadas, “Boycotts Minus the Pain”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     Proponents of buycotting see these premiums as pure political expression: citizens’ parting with money to refine the world.