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Purchase   /pˈərtʃəs/   Listen
Purchase

noun
1.
The acquisition of something for payment.
2.
Something acquired by purchase.
3.
A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage.
4.
The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever.  Synonym: leverage.
verb
(past & past part. purchased; pres. part. purchasing)
1.
Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.  Synonym: buy.  "The conglomerate acquired a new company" , "She buys for the big department store"  Antonym: sell.



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"Purchase" Quotes from Famous Books



... General Schenck's commands, the purchase of supplies, and the promotion and appointment of officers, mentioned in your letter, I will consult with the Secretary of ...
— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln
... repetition, madame; but a positive and solemn engagement becomes absolutely necessary. The creation of an entail requires formalities, application to the chancellor, a royal ordinance, and we ought at once to conclude the purchase of the new estate in order that the property be included in the royal ordinance by virtue of which it becomes inalienable. In many families this would be reduced to writing, but on this occasion I think a simple consent would suffice. Do ...
— The Marriage Contract • Honore de Balzac
... this—on these convictions, on these words: fix thine eyes on these examples, if thou wouldst be free, if thou hast thine heart set upon the matter according to its worth. And what marvel if thou purchase so great a thing at so great and high a price? For the sake of this that men deem liberty, some hang themselves, others cast themselves down from the rock; aye, time has been when whole cities came utterly to an end: while for the sake ...
— The Golden Sayings of Epictetus • Epictetus
... own case. You will doubtless be shocked when I tell you that I was perfectly aware of the conditions under which the aigrette is obtained before you began your exposure of the method. But did it prevent my purchase of one? Not at all. Why? Because I am a woman: I realize that no head ornament will set off my hair so well as an aigrette. Say I am cruel if you like. I wish the heron-mother didn't have to be killed or the babies starve, but, Mr. Bok, I ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)
... well. Labour was the sole commodity they possessed, and it sufficed to purchase the best things of life in Canada, especially that slow upward rising in circumstances and possessions which is one of the sweetest sensations of struggling humanity, and which only a favoured few among the working classes can enjoy at home. ...
— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe


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