Definition of Purchase

1. Verb. Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction. "The children purchase the ball"; "She buys for the big department store"

Exact synonyms: Buy
Category relationships: Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Entails: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take, Pay
Specialized synonyms: Buy Back, Repurchase, Take, Get, Subscribe, Subscribe To, Take, Buy Out, Buy Up, Take Over, Pick Up, Buy Food, Take Out, Impulse-buy
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get
Related verbs: Buy
Derivative terms: Buy, Buyer, Buying, Purchaser, Purchasing
Also: Buy In, Buy Out, Buy Up
Antonyms: Sell

2. Noun. The acquisition of something for payment. "They closed the purchase with a handshake"
Generic synonyms: Acquisition
Specialized synonyms: Buyback, Redemption, Repurchase, Buying, Purchasing

3. Noun. Something acquired by purchase.
Specialized synonyms: Stock Buyback, Bargain, Buy, Steal
Generic synonyms: Acquisition

4. Noun. A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage. "He could get no purchase on the situation"
Generic synonyms: Influence

5. Noun. The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever.
Exact synonyms: Leverage
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Phenomenon
Derivative terms: Lever

Definition of Purchase

1. v. t. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

2. v. i. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

3. n. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.

Definition of Purchase

1. Noun. The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.) ¹

2. Noun. An individual item one has purchased. ¹

3. Noun. The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. ¹

4. Noun. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. ¹

5. Noun. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. ¹

6. Noun. (uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan. ¹

7. Noun. The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained. ¹

8. Noun. (''rock climbing, uncountable'') The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge. ¹

9. Noun. (legal dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. ¹

10. Verb. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. ¹

11. Verb. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent. ¹

12. Verb. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc. ¹

13. Verb. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. ¹

14. Verb. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a '''purchase''' upon, or apply a '''purchase''' to. ¹

15. Verb. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self. ¹

16. Verb. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purchase

1. to acquire by the payment of money [v -CHASED, -CHASING, -CHASES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purchase

pupylation
pupæ
pur
pur et dur
pur laine
puranas
purau
purblind
purblindly
purblindness
purblindnesses
purcelane
purcelanes
purchasability
purchasable
purchase (current term)
purchase agreement
purchase contract
purchase order
purchase price
purchase price variance
purchased
purchaser
purchasers
purchases
purchasest
purchaseth
purchasing
purchasing agent
purchasing department

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