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cover, n. The purchase on the open market, by the buyer in a breach-of-contract dispute, of goods to substitute for those promised but never delivered by the seller. • Under UCC § 2-712, the buyer can recover from the seller the difference between the cost of the substituted goods and the original contract price. [Cases: Sales 418(7). C.J.S. Sales §§ 391–393, 403.]