In a tournament, do I get a "by", a "bye", or a "buy"?
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00:00 In A Tournament, Do I Get A &Quot;By&Quot;, A &Quot;Bye&Quot;, Or A &Quot;Buy&Quot;?
00:48 Accepted Answer Score 29
01:02 Answer 2 Score 16
01:41 Answer 3 Score 4
01:51 Answer 4 Score 3
02:08 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 29
Here's what you get:
bye 1 |bī| noun 1 the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent.
[From the New Oxford American Dictionary.]
ANSWER 2
Score 16
According to the OED, bye is correct word.
b. The position of an individual, who, in consequence of the numbers being odd, is left without a competitor after the rest have been drawn in pairs.
(OED also points out a few other uses of bye in sports, but with different meanings.)
And while it specifically doesn't clarify whether the competitor advances, the American Heritage Dictionary does point that out.
The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.
ANSWER 3
Score 4
I thought it was bye from my chess tournament days, and it appears it is from Wikipedia.
ANSWER 4
Score 3
Bye refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing. This is from The New Meriram-Webster's Dictionary. Since tournament is what has been asked for, so for me it is "bye".