purchase.
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
Meaning & usage
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.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
He was pleased with his latest purchase.
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
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.
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.
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
to purchase land, to purchase a house
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
to purchase favor with flattery
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
to purchase a cannon
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).
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