Meaning of purchase | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
2. To acquire in exchange for money or something of equal value:buy.
3. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
4. Something bought or capable of being bought:buy.
5. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
6. to buy. I purchased a new house. koop يَشْتَري، يَبْتاع купувам comprar koupit kaufen købe αγοράζωcomprar, adquirir ostma خریدن ostaa acheter לִקנוֹת खरीदना, क्रय करना, मोल लेना (meg)vásárol membeli kaupa acquistare, comprare 買う 구매하다 pirkti pirkt membeli kopenkjøpe, skaffe segnabyć اخيستل comprar a cumpăra покупать kúpiť kupiti kupiti köpa, förvärva ซื้อ satın almak 購買 купувати; придбати خريدنا mua 购买
7. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
8. a buyer. aankoper مُشْتَرٍ، شارٍ купувач comprador kupující der/die Käufer(in) køber αγοραστήςcomprador ostja خریدار ostaja acheteur/-euse קניין क्रेता, खरीददार vevő pembeli kaupandi acquirente 買い主 구매자 pirkėjas pircējs pembeli koperkjøpernabywca اخيستونكى comprador cumpărător покупатель kupujúci kupec kupac köpare ผู้ซื้อ alıcı 買主 покупець مشتري، خريدار người mua 买主
9. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
10. To obtain in exchange for money or its equivalent; buy.
11. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
12. To acquire by effort; earn: purchased the victory with the loss of many lives.
13. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
14. To pull or haul by means of a mechanical device, such as a winch.
15. The act or an instance of buying: the sudden purchase of a car.
16. A hold or position that allows the application of power, as in moving something: got a purchase for her foot and climbed up.
17. (Commerce) to obtain (goods, etc) by payment

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Examples

“to purchase land, to purchase a house”

“that loves the thing he cannot purchase”

“They [the English] are all on fire / To purchaſe from the Spaniard. If their Carracks / Come deeply laden, vvee ſhall tugge vvith them / For golden ſpoile.”

“Your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling.”

“His faults […] hereditary / Rather than purchased.”

“to purchase favor with flattery”

“One poor retiring minute […] / Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends.”

“Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses.”

“to purchase a cannon”

“1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.”

“Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution.”

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