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Meaning and definition for "purchase" word
[noun] a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
[noun] the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
[noun] something acquired by purchase
[verb] obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
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(a) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance. --Blackstone.
(b) To buy for a price. 6. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
\Pur"chase\, v. i. 1. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self. [Obs.] Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage. --Ld. Berners. 2. To acquire wealth or property. [Obs.] Sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast. --J. Webster.
\Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The act of seeking and acquiring property. 3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. --Franklin. 4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson. We met with little purchase upon this coast, except two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe. A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak. 5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. ``The scrip was complete evidence of his right in the purchase.'' --Wheaton. 6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke. 7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. --Blackstone. {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. --Berkeley. {Worth, or At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or is in imminent peril.
Synonyms for purchase
buy, leverage
Antonyms: sell
See also: acquire | acquisition | acquisition | bargain | buy | buy food | buy in | buy out | buy up | buyback | buying | choose | get | impulse-buy | influence | mechanical phenomenon | pay | pick out | pick up | purchasing | redemption | repurchase | select | steal | stock | stock buyback | subscribe | subscribe to | take | take out | take over |
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Let's analyse "purchase" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: ESAHCRUP. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]
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purchase: 3 + 1 + 5 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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