Meaning of 'purchase' (Webster Dictionary)
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to
exert one's self.
- To acquire wealth or property.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain,
obtain, or acquire.
- To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy
for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or
sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
- To buy for a price.
- 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.
- The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
- The act of seeking and acquiring property.
- The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything
for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any
manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its
equivalent.
- 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.
- Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than
descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Meaning of 'purchase' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
Example in sentence:- he could get no purchase on the situation
Meaning (2):
- the acquisition of something for payment
Example in sentence:- they closed the purchase with a handshake
Meaning (3):
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
Example in sentence:- She buys for the big department store;
- The conglomerate acquired a new company;
- The family purchased a new car
Definition
[ v. i.]