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
Sort: Oldest first
-
a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
-
something acquired by purchase
By Princeton University
-
a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
-
something acquired by purchase
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
-
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
-
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
-
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
-
To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
-
To buy for a price.
-
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.
-
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
-
To acquire wealth or property.
-
The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
-
The act of seeking and acquiring property.
-
The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
-
That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
-
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
-
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.
-
Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
By Oddity Software
-
To get by paying money or its equivalent; acquire; buy.
-
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.
-
Purchaser.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
Purchaser.
-
To buy.
-
To chase or seek for: to acquire: to obtain by paying: to obtain by labor, danger, etc.: (law) to sue out or procure.
-
Act of purchasing: that which is purchased: any mechanical power or advantage in raising or moving bodies.
By Daniel Lyons
-
To buy.
-
The act of purchasing, or that which is purchased.
-
An advantage, as of leverage, for moving heavy bodies or the like.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
The act of purchasing; acquisition by purchasing; that which is purchased; any mechanical power or advantage in raising or moving heavy bodies.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
