purchase

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
5. (countable, uncountable) A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
6. (also, figuratively, uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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.
8. (uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
9. (countable, dated, uncountable) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Verb

1. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
2. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
5. 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.
6. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
7. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

Synonyms

buy

🛍️

buying

acquisition

acquire

get

gain

purchasing

obtain

procure

take over

buy up

taking over

value

leverage

pay

💸

advantage

shopping

🛍️

assume

market

marketplace

spend

bazaar

take

package

📦

pay out

buy in

dispend

procurement

expend

hold

sale

barter

secure

shop

margin

mart

obtaining

obtainment

outlet

pay for

price

procuration

procuring

prop

provision

purchased

reel

rest

rope

🪢

sales activity

sell

sourcing

stanchion

stay

stays

stopping

whim

buy off

deal in

lifting gear

buying in quantity

buy a herbal medicine

procuremen

make a purchase

lifting device

hoisting device

hoisting plant

act of purchase

lift device

lifting apparatus

purchase by barter

purchase by exchange

act of buying

cable stock

hauling-up device

lifting set

abutment

coff

acquirement

approach

bearer

bearing

bought

brace

bribe

buy back

buyer

cap

capstan

cleat

clutch

clutches

cop

👮

crab

🦀

earn

excerpt

exchange

extract

fair

find

🔍

foothold

forum

fulcrum

gin

go shopping

grab bag

grasp

grip

haul up

hoist

interchange

Translations

achat

🛍️

acheter

🛍️

compra

🛍️

Kauf

🛍️

kaufen

🛍️

Einkauf

🛍️

kopen

🛍️

comprar

🛍️

aanschaffen

🛍️

aankoop

🛍️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɝ.t͡ʃəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: purchasen

Cognate with Old French: porchacier

Cognate with French: pourchasser

In summary

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”).