Purchase
11purchase — ► VERB ▪ obtain by payment; buy. ► NOUN 1) the action of buying. 2) a thing bought. 3) firm contact or grip. 4) a pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects. DERIVATIVES purchasable …
12purchase — [pʉr′chəs] vt. purchased, purchasing [ME purchacen < OFr pourchacier, to pursue < pour, for (< L pro: see PRO1) + chacier, to CHASE1] 1. to obtain for money or by paying a price; buy 2. to obtain at a cost, as of suffering or sacrifice …
13Purchase — To buy, to be long, to have an ownership position. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. purchase pur‧chase 1 [ˈpɜːtʆs ǁ ˈpɜːr ] noun COMMERCE 1. [uncountable] the act of buying something: • Keep the receipt as your proof of purc …
14purchase — buy; be long; have an ownership position. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. purchase pur‧chase 1 [ˈpɜːtʆs ǁ ˈpɜːr ] noun COMMERCE 1. [uncountable] …
15purchase — Transmission of property from one person to another by voluntary act and agreement, founded on a valuable consideration. Spur Independent School Dist. v. W. A. Holt Co., Tex.Civ.App., 88 S.W.2d 1071, 1073. To own by paying or by promising to pay… …
16purchase — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 buying sth ADJECTIVE ▪ cash ▪ credit ▪ online ▪ Make sure all online purchases are made through a secure server. ▪ bulk …
17purchase — pur|chase1 W3S3 [ˈpə:tʃıs US ˈpə:r ] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: purchacier to try to get , from chacier to run after and try to catch ] formal to buy something ▪ You can purchase insurance on line. ▪ the growing demand to… …
18Purchase — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Purchase >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 purchase purchase emption Sgm: N 1 buying buying purchasing shopping Sgm: N 1 preemption preemption refusal GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 coemption …
19purchase — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)tʃɪs[/t]] ♦♦ purchases, purchasing, purchased 1) VERB When you purchase something, you buy it. [FORMAL] [V n] He purchased a ticket and went up on the top deck... [V n] Most of those shares were purchased from brokers. Syn …
20purchase */*/ — I UK [ˈpɜː(r)tʃəs] / US [ˈpɜrtʃəs] verb [transitive] Word forms purchase : present tense I/you/we/they purchase he/she/it purchases present participle purchasing past tense purchased past participle purchased formal to buy something She purchased …
