Purchase (noun)
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
Purchase (noun)
An individual item one has purchased.
Purchase (noun)
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
“They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.”
Purchase (noun)
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
Purchase (noun)
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
“He was pleased with his latest purchase.”
Purchase (noun)
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.”
Purchase (noun)
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
Purchase (noun)
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
“contact|grip”
Purchase (noun)
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one’s own act or agreement.
Purchase (noun)
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
Purchase (verb)
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
Purchase (verb)
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
“to purchase land, to purchase a house”
Purchase (verb)
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
“to purchase favor with flattery”
Purchase (verb)
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
Purchase (verb)
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”
Purchase (verb)
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
Purchase (verb)
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”
Buy (verb)
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
“I’m going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.”
Buy (verb)
To obtain by some sacrifice.
“I’ve bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.”
Buy (verb)
To bribe.
“He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn’t give up my beliefs.”
Buy (verb)
To be equivalent to in value.
“The dollar doesn’t buy as much as it used to.”
Buy (verb)
to accept as true; to believe
“I’m not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!”
Buy (verb)
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
“She buys for Federated.”
“Let’s go out for dinner. I’m buying.”
Buy (verb)
To make a bluff, usually a large one.
“Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff”
Buy (noun)
Something which is bought; a purchase.
“At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.”
Purchase (verb)
acquire (something) by paying for it; buy
“Mr Gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for £1,500”
Purchase (verb)
obtain or achieve with effort or suffering
“the victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon”
Purchase (verb)
haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever.
Purchase (noun)
the action of buying something
“she made her purchases carefully”
“the large number of videos currently available for purchase”
Purchase (noun)
a thing that has been bought
“she stowed her purchases in the car”
Purchase (noun)
the acquisition of property by one’s personal action rather than by inheritance.
Purchase (noun)
the annual rent or return from land
“a lease valued at seven year’s purchase”
Purchase (noun)
firm contact or grip
“the horse’s hooves fought for purchase on the slippery pavement”
“an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth”
Purchase (noun)
a pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects.
Buy (verb)
obtain in exchange for payment
“homeowners who buy into housing developments”
“he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres”
“he bought me a new frock”
“she bought six first-class stamps”
Buy (verb)
pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share
“when their affair ended, she bought him out”
Buy (verb)
obtain one’s release from the armed services by payment.
Buy (verb)
withdraw something at auction because it fails to meet the reserve price.
Buy (verb)
procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery
“I’ll buy off the investigators”
“here was a man who could not be bought”
Buy (verb)
be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment
“money can’t buy happiness”
Buy (verb)
get by sacrifice or great effort
“greatness is dearly bought”
Buy (verb)
be a buyer for a store or firm.
Buy (verb)
accept the truth of
“I hate to buy into stereotypes”
“I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means”
Buy (noun)
a purchase
“wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops”
Buy (noun)
an act of purchasing something
“a drug buy”