- verbpurchase (verb) · purchases (third person present) · purchased (past tense) · purchased (past participle) · purchasing (present participle)
- acquire (something) by paying for it; buy:"Mr. Gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for $1,500"
- archaicobtain or achieve with effort or suffering:"the victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon"
- nauticalhaul in (a rope or cable) or haul up (an anchor) by means of a pulley, lever, etc..
nounpurchase (noun) · purchases (plural noun)- the action of buying something:"the large number of videos currently available for purchase" · "we carefully make our purchases after consulting each other"
- a thing that has been bought:"she stowed her purchases in the car"
- lawthe acquisition of property by means other than inheritance.
- archaicthe annual rent or return from land:"a lease valued at seven year's purchase"
- a hold or position on something for applying power advantageously, or the advantage gained by such application:"the horse's hooves fought for purchase on the slippery pavement" · "an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth"
- a block and tackle.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French pourchacier ‘seek to obtain or bring about’, the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses ‘gain’ (hence, in nautical use, the notion of ‘gaining’ one portion of rope after another) and ‘buy’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverbnoun- a hold or position on something for applying power advantageously, or the advantage gained by such application:
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