بيع

بِيعَةٌ بيع بيعه بيعة A mode, or manner, of selling or buying. (S, Mgh, K.) Hence, صَاحِبُ بِيعَةٍ [ A person occupying himself in any kind of selling or buying ]: occurring in a trad. of Ibn-'Omar. (Mgh, TA.) And اـِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ البِيعَةِ [ Verily he is good in the manner of selling or buying ]. (S, Mgh, TA.) -A2- [ A Christian church; ] a place of worship (K) pertaining to the Christians: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or, as some say, a synagogue of the Jews: (TA:) pl. بِيَعٌ, (K, TA,) or بِيْعٌ. (Msb: [but this I think a mistake: if correct, it is a coll. gen. n.])