Purchase

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English

Noun

Purchase (countable and uncountable; plural Purchases)
  1. The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
  2. An individual item one has purchased.
  3. 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.
  4. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
  5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
    He was pleased with his latest purchase.
  6. (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.
  7. The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained.
  8. (rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
  9. (law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Derived terms

Verb

Purchase (third-person singular simple present purchases, present participle purchasing, simple past and past participle purchased)

  1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain,or acquire.
  2. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
    to purchase land, to purchase a house.
  3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
    to purchase favor with flattery.
  4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
  5. 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
  6. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
  7. 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

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Derived terms

Adjectives for Purchase

remarkable; ill-considered; enforced; judicious; special; important; systematic; infinitesimal; fortunate; careless; opportune.

Verbs for Purchase

cart —s; charge—; check —s; collect —s; deliver—; dispose of—; gather —s; glean —s; inveigle into—; limit —s; mislay—; pile up —s; procure—; redeem—; ship—; weigh—; — accrue; —loads.

Adverbs for Purchase

substantially; advantageously; hypothetically; unwittingly; judiciously; systematically; shrewdly; astutely.

Thesaurus

achieve, acquire, acquiring, acquisition, advantage, approach, ascendancy, attain, authority, bear hug, bite, bribe, buy, buy back, buy in, buy into, buy off, buy on credit, buy up, buying, charisma, charm, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clout, clutch, complete a purchase, consequence, control, corner, corrupt, credit, death grip, dominance, domination, edge, effect, embrace, eminence, enchantment, engross, esteem, favor, firm hold, fix, foothold, footing, footplate, footrail, footrest, force, gain, get, get at, get to, good feeling, grapple, grasp, grease, grease the palm, grip, gripe, hold, hug, importance, incidental power, influence, influentiality, insinuation, iron grip, leadership, leverage, locus standi, magnetism, make a buy, mastery, moment, monopolize, nip, obtain, obtaining, pay for, pay off, perch, personality, persuasion, position, potency, power, predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, procure, procurement, purchasing, reach, realize, rebuy, regrate, reign, repurchase, repute, rule, say, secure, securing, seizure, stance, stand, standing, standing place, suasion, suborn, subtle influence, suggestion, support, supremacy, sway, tackle, take, take care of, tamper with, tickle the palm, tight grip, toehold, traction, upper hand, weight, whip hand, win

Etymology

From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“to seek, to obtain”) (Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”)) itself from pur- (Latin pro-) + chac(i)er

Pronunciation

Translations

Noun

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

Verb

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 obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
to expiate by a fine or forfeit
to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage
to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self
to constitute the buying power for a purchase
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