Definitions for purchase

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purchase pur·chase

Spelling: [pur-chuh s]

IPA: /ˈpɜr tʃəs/

Purchase is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 446 anagrams from letters in purchase (acehprsu).

Definitions for purchase

noun

1. acquisition by the payment of money or its equivalent; buying, or a single act of buying.
2. something that is purchased or bought.
3. something purchased, with respect to value in relation to price; buy:
4. Law. the acquisition of land or other property by means other than inheritance.
5. acquisition by means of effort, labor, etc.:
6. a lever, pulley, or other device that provides mechanical advantage or power for moving or raising a heavy object.
7. an effective hold or position for applying power in moving or raising a heavy object; leverage.
8. any means of applying or increasing power, influence, etc.
9. the annual return or rent from land.
10. a firm grip or grasp, footing, etc., on something.
11. Obsolete. booty.

verb (used with object)

1. to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
2. to acquire by effort, sacrifice, flattery, etc.
3. to influence by a bribe.
4. to be sufficient to buy:
5. Law. to acquire (land or other property) by means other than inheritance.
6. to move, haul, or raise, especially by applying mechanical power.
7. to get a leverage on; apply a lever, pulley, or other aid to.
8. Obsolete. to procure, acquire, or obtain.

verb (used without object)

1. to buy something.

Origin of purchase

before 1150; (v.) Middle English purchasen Anglo-French purchacer to seek to obtain, procure (Old French pourchacier), equivalent to pur- (Latin prō pro¹) +

Examples for purchase

But she cannot surely be so mean as to purchase her peace with them at so dear a rate.

They were able to purchase weapons and plot attacks on the island without much interference.

I suspect that she was the means of influencing so large a purchase.

Customers can purchase cold beer at full price or warm bottles of beer at retail prices to take home.

A limited number of medical patients will be able to purchase “Chunky Diesel” or “Alien Dawg” for just $100.

The purchase of official positions in the army was thus abolished.

What precautions should be taken in the purchase of shell fish?

He had made up his mind to put an end to the purchase of commissions in the army.

When my husband and I asked to see the report, we were told we could purchase the report for $30,000 from the defense.

Which is why in 1961, the distillery finally decided to purchase the estate and its adjoining home.