purchase
Use Purchase in a sentence
tʃəs verb (used with object)
1.
to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
2.
to acquire by effort, sacrifice, flattery, etc.
3.
to influence by a bribe.
4.
to be sufficient to buy: Twenty dollars purchases a subscription.
5.
Law. to acquire (land or other property) by means other than inheritance.
6.
to move, haul, or raise, especially by applying mechanical power.
7.
to get a leverage on; apply a lever, pulley, or other aid to.
8.
Obsolete. to procure, acquire, or obtain.
verb (used without object)
9.
to buy something.
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noun
10.
acquisition by the payment of money or its equivalent; buying, or a single act of buying.
11.
something that is purchased or bought.
12.
something purchased, with respect to value in relation to price; buy: At three for a dollar they seemed like a good purchase.
13.
Law. the acquisition of land or other property by means other than inheritance.
14.
acquisition by means of effort, labor, etc.: the purchase of comfort at the price of freedom.
15.
a lever, pulley, or other device that provides mechanical advantage or power for moving or raising a heavy object.
16.
an effective hold or position for applying power in moving or raising a heavy object; leverage.
17.
any means of applying or increasing power, influence, etc.
18.
the annual return or rent from land.
19.
a firm grip or grasp, footing, etc., on something.
20.
Obsolete, booty.
Origin:
before 1150; (v.) Middle English purchasen < Anglo-French purchacer to seek to obtain, procure (Old French pourchacier), equivalent to pur- (< Latin prō pro1) + chacer to chase1; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French purchas (Old French porchas), derivative of the v.
before 1150; (v.) Middle English purchasen < Anglo-French purchacer to seek to obtain, procure (Old French pourchacier), equivalent to pur- (< Latin prō pro1) + chacer to chase1; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French purchas (Old French porchas), derivative of the v.
Related forms
pur·chas·er, noun
mis·pur·chase, verb (used with object), mis·pur·chased, mis·pur·chas·ing.
non·pur·chase, noun
non·pur·chas·er, noun
o·ver·pur·chase, verb (used with object), o·ver·pur·chased, o·ver·pur·chas·ing.
pre·pur·chase, noun, verb (used with object), pre·pur·chased, pre·pur·chas·ing.
pre·pur·chas·er, noun
qua·si-pur·chased, adjective
un·pur·chased, adjective
Antonyms
1. sell.
1. sell.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to obtain (goods, etc) by payment |
| 2. | to obtain by effort, sacrifice, etc: to purchase one's freedom |
| 3. | to draw, haul, or lift (a load) with the aid of mechanical apparatus |
| 4. | to acquire (an estate) other than by inheritance |
| —n | |
| 5. | something that is purchased, esp an article bought with money |
| 6. | the act of buying |
| 7. | acquisition of an estate by any lawful means other than inheritance |
| 8. | a rough measure of the mechanical advantage achieved by a lever |
| 9. | a firm foothold, grasp, etc, as for climbing or levering something |
| 10. | a means of achieving some influence, advantage, etc |
| [C13: from Old French porchacier to strive to obtain, from por- for +chacier to | |
| 'purchaser | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
purchase
late 13c., "obtain, contrive, bring about," from Anglo-Fr. purchaser "go after," from pur- "forth" (possibly used here as an intensive prefix; see purblind) + O.Fr. chacier "run after" (see chase). Sense of "buy" first recorded late 14c., though
the word continued to be used for "to get by conquest in war, obtain as booty" up to 17c. Noun meaning "that which is bought" is recorded from 1580s. The sense of "hold or position for advantageously applying power" (1711) is extended from the nautical verb meaning "to haul or draw (especially by mechanical power)," used especially of hauling up anchors, and attested from 1560s.
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Example sentences
Money is also a store of potential energy that can be released when needed, with the purchase of goods, energy and labour.
Have students visit a bookstore or sporting goods store and find maps in books or stand-alone maps available for purchase.
US law allows a new owner to renegotiate existing contracts after a purchase, even to reopen collective bargaining.
Each additional music game purchase becomes subject to the law of diminishing marginal utility.
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