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Purchase (noun)
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
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Purchase (noun)
An individual item one has purchased.
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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.”
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Purchase (noun)
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
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Purchase (noun)
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
“He was pleased with his latest purchase.”
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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.”
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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.
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Purchase (noun)
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
“contact|grip”
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Purchase (noun)
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one’s own act or agreement.
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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.
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Purchase (verb)
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
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Purchase (verb)
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
“to purchase land, to purchase a house”
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Purchase (verb)
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
“to purchase favor with flattery”
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Purchase (verb)
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
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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”
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Purchase (verb)
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
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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”
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Buy (verb)
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
“I’m going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.”
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Buy (verb)
To obtain by some sacrifice.
“I’ve bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.”
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Buy (verb)
To bribe.
“He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn’t give up my beliefs.”
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Buy (verb)
To be equivalent to in value.
“The dollar doesn’t buy as much as it used to.”
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Buy (verb)
to accept as true; to believe
“I’m not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!”
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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.”
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Buy (verb)
To make a bluff, usually a large one.
“Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff”
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Buy (noun)
Something which is bought; a purchase.
“At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.”
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Purchase (verb)
acquire (something) by paying for it; buy
“Mr Gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for £1,500”
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Purchase (verb)
obtain or achieve with effort or suffering
“the victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon”
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Purchase (verb)
haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever.
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Purchase (noun)
the action of buying something
“she made her purchases carefully”
“the large number of videos currently available for purchase”
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Purchase (noun)
a thing that has been bought
“she stowed her purchases in the car”
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Purchase (noun)
the acquisition of property by one’s personal action rather than by inheritance.
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Purchase (noun)
the annual rent or return from land
“a lease valued at seven year’s purchase”
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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”
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Purchase (noun)
a pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects.
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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”
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Buy (verb)
pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share
“when their affair ended, she bought him out”
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Buy (verb)
obtain one’s release from the armed services by payment.
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Buy (verb)
withdraw something at auction because it fails to meet the reserve price.
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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”
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Buy (verb)
be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment
“money can’t buy happiness”
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Buy (verb)
get by sacrifice or great effort
“greatness is dearly bought”
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Buy (verb)
be a buyer for a store or firm.
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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”
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Buy (noun)
a purchase
“wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops”
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Buy (noun)
an act of purchasing something
“a drug buy”