Purchase

Noun

 * 1) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
 * 2) An individual item one has purchased.
 * 3) The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
 * They offer free with the purchase of a drink.
 * 1) That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
 * 2) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
 * He was pleased with his latest purchase.
 * 1) (uncountable) 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.
 * 1) The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained.
 * 2) (rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
 * 3)  Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Derived terms

 * purchase order

Verb

 * 1) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain,or acquire.
 * 2) To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
 * to purchase land, to purchase a house.
 * 1) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
 * to purchase favor with flattery.
 * 1) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
 * 2) 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
 * 1) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
 * 2) 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

Synonyms

 * procure

Derived terms

 * purchable
 * purchasing agent
 * purchasing power

Adjectives for Purchase
remarkable; ill-considered; enforced; judicious; special; important; systematic; infinitesimal; fortunate; careless; opportune.

Verbs for Purchase
cart —s; charge—; check —s; collect —s; deliver—; dispose of—; gather —s; glean —s; inveigle into—; limit —s; mislay—; pile up —s; procure—; redeem—; ship—; weigh—; — accrue; —loads.

Adverbs for Purchase
substantially; advantageously; hypothetically; unwittingly; judiciously; systematically; shrewdly; astutely.

Thesaurus
achieve, acquire, acquiring, acquisition, advantage, approach, ascendancy, attain, authority, bear hug, bite, bribe, buy, buy back, buy in, buy into, buy off, buy on credit, buy up, buying, charisma, charm, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clout, clutch, complete a purchase, consequence, control, corner, corrupt, credit, death grip, dominance, domination, edge, effect, embrace, eminence, enchantment, engross, esteem, favor, firm hold, fix, foothold, footing, footplate, footrail, footrest, force, gain, get, get at, get to, good feeling, grapple, grasp, grease, grease the palm, grip, gripe, hold, hug, importance, incidental power, influence, influentiality, insinuation, iron grip, leadership, leverage, locus standi, magnetism, make a buy, mastery, moment, monopolize, nip, obtain, obtaining, pay for, pay off, perch, personality, persuasion, position, potency, power, predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, procure, procurement, purchasing, reach, realize, rebuy, regrate, reign, repurchase, repute, rule, say, secure, securing, seizure, stance, stand, standing, standing place, suasion, suborn, subtle influence, suggestion, support, supremacy, sway, tackle, take, take care of, tamper with, tickle the palm, tight grip, toehold, traction, upper hand, weight, whip hand, win

Etymology
From purchasen:, from  purchacer: (Compare  porchacier:) itself from pur-: ( pro-) + chacer:

Noun

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 * Latvian: pirkt
 * Lithuanian: pirkti
 * Norwegian: kjøpe, anskaffe, erverve
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 * Norwegian: erverve
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