PURCHASE
\pˈɜːt͡ʃɪs], \pˈɜːtʃɪs], \p_ˈɜː_tʃ_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of PURCHASE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
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something acquired by purchase
By Princeton University
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a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
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something acquired by purchase
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
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To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
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To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
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To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
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To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
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To buy for a price.
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To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
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To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
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To acquire wealth or property.
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The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
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The act of seeking and acquiring property.
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The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
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That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
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That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
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Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
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Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
By Oddity Software
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To get by paying money or its equivalent; acquire; buy.
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The act of buying; thing bought; a mechanical hold or advantage in raising heavy bodies; as, to get a purchase on a thing to be lifted or carried.
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Purchaser.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Purchaser.
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To buy.
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To chase or seek for: to acquire: to obtain by paying: to obtain by labor, danger, etc.: (law) to sue out or procure.
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Act of purchasing: that which is purchased: any mechanical power or advantage in raising or moving bodies.
By Daniel Lyons
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To buy.
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The act of purchasing, or that which is purchased.
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An advantage, as of leverage, for moving heavy bodies or the like.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of purchasing; acquisition by purchasing; that which is purchased; any mechanical power or advantage in raising or moving heavy bodies.
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To acquire by any means; to buy; to obtain by paying an equivalent; to obtain by expense of labour, danger, or other sacrifice; to raise by a purchase.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Anything acquired by paying a price in money; anything obtained by labour or danger, &c.; any mechanical power or advantage applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies.
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To buy; to obtain in exchange for money; to obtain at the expense of labour, skill, &c.; to gain advantage or power by mechanical means.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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