purchase
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English purchasen, from Old French purchacier 'to seek to obtain' (>modern pourchasser), itself from pur- (via por- modified from Latin pro-) + chacier 'to chase, pursue'
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purchase (countable and uncountable; plural purchases)
- The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
- An individual item one has purchased.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- They offer free with the purchase of a drink.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- He was pleased with his latest purchase.
- (uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained.
- (rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
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the act or process of seeking and obtaining something
individual item one has purchased
the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies
the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge
acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
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[edit] Verb
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to purchase (third-person singular simple present purchases, present participle purchasing, simple past and past participle purchased)
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain,or acquire.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- to purchase land, to purchase a house.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
- to purchase favor with flattery.
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
- to purchase a cannon
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution
[edit] Synonyms
- (buy): procure
[edit] Derived terms
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to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price
to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
to expiate by a fine or forfeit
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to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage
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