purchase

Meaning

Noun

1. The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
2. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
3. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
4. (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
5. 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. Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
7. 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. The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
9. 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.

Concepts

purchase

buy

buying

acquisition

acquire

get

gain

obtain

purchasing

take over

procure

taking over

buy up

leverage

value

advantage

assume

shopping

pay

bazaar

market

marketplace

secure

package

sale

buy in

dispend

expend

pay out

spend

procurement

barter

hold

shop

take

fair

sales activity

purchased

bought

buying in quantity

buyer

pay for

buy a herbal medicine

obtainment

acquirement

procuremen

deal in

cop

fulcrum

rope

haul up

hoist

purchase by barter

purchase by exchange

exchange

interchange

forum

mart

outlet

abutment

bearer

bearing

brace

cleat

foothold

prop

rest

stanchion

stay

stays

go shopping

margin

cable stock

capstan

crab

gin

reel

whim

hauling-up device

hoisting device

hoisting plant

lift device

lifting apparatus

lifting device

lifting gear

lifting set

bribe

act of buying

make a purchase

price

obtaining

procuration

procuring

provision

sourcing

buy off

approach

clutch

clutches

excerpt

extract

grasp

grip

stopping

earn

cap

coff

act of purchase

grab bag

buy back

find

sell

Hyphenated as

pur‧chase

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɝ.t͡ʃəs/

Etymology

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”).