transitive verb. To obtain in exchange for money or its equivalent; buy.

transitive verb. To acquire by effort; earn.

transitive verb. To pull or haul by means of a mechanical device, such as a winch.

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noun. The act or an instance of buying.

noun. Something bought.

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noun. A hold or position that allows the application of power, as in moving something.

noun. A device, such as a pulley, used to obtain mechanical advantage.

noun. A means or advantage that allows the increase of power or influence.

To gain, obtain, or acquire; secure, procure, or obtain in any way other than by inheritance or by payment of money or its equivalent; especially, to secure or obtain by effort, labor, risk, sacrifice, etc.: as, to purchase peace by concessions; to purchase favor with flattery.

To secure, procure, or obtain by expenditure of money or its equivalent; buy: as, to purchase provisions, lands, or houses.

To expiate or recompense by a fine or forfeit.

[⟨ purchase, n., 10.] To apply a purchase to; raise or move by mechanical power: as, to purchase an anchor.

To steal.

To put forth efforts to obtain anything; strive.

To bring something about; manage.

To acquire wealth.

Nautical, to draw in the cable: as, the capstan purchases apace.

noun. Acquisition; the obtaining or procuring of something by effort, labor, sacrifice, work, conquest, art, etc., or by the payment of money or its equivalent; procurement; acquirement.

noun. That which is acquired or obtained otherwise than by inheritance; gain; acquisitions; winnings; specifically, that which is obtained by the payment of money or its equivalent.

noun. Prey; booty; plunder; hence, ill-gotten gain or wealth.

noun. Means of acquisition or gain; occupation.

noun. In law: The act of obtaining or acquiring an estate in lands, etc., in any manner other than by inheritance or escheat.

noun. The acquisition of property by contract.

noun. The acquisition of property by contract for a valuable consideration.

noun. The suing out and obtaining of a writ.

noun. Value; advantage; worth: as, to buy an estate at twenty years' purchase (that is, at a price equal to twenty times its annual value, or the total return from it for twenty years).

noun. Attempt; endeavor.

noun. Course; way; departure.

noun. The acquisition of position, promotion, etc., by the payment of money. See purchase system, below.

noun. Firm or advantageous hold by which power may be exerted; specifically, any mechanical power, force, or contrivance which may be advantageously used in moving, raising, or removing heavy bodies; in nautical use, a tackle of any kind for multiplying power.

noun. A knob or raised thumb-piece, allowing the hand which holds the handle to throw back the hinged cover of a tankard, beer-mug, or similar vessel.

intransitive verb. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

intransitive verb. To acquire wealth or property.

transitive verb. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

transitive verb. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price.

transitive verb. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc..

transitive verb. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

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transitive verb. To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

transitive verb. To buy for a price.

transitive verb. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.

noun. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.

noun. The act of seeking and acquiring property.

noun. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

noun. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

noun. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

noun. 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.

noun. Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

"From October 23-November 6, 2010, customers who make a purchase of $20 or more in any World Market store are eligible to receive a 15 percent discount off a Southwest Airlines airfare purchase*."

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