purchase

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Synonyms: purchas, surcease, purchased, repurchase, percase, purchaser, purchases, parcase

Antonyms: purchas, surcease, purchased, repurchase, percase, purchaser, purchases, parcase

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Noun

1. The acquisition of [[title]] to, or property in, anything for a [[price]]; buying for money or its equivalent.
2. {{senseid|en|bought item}} That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
3. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act or process of [[seek]]ing and [[obtain]]ing something (e.g. [[property]], etc.)
5. A price paid for a [[house]] or [[estate]], etc. equal to the amount of the [[rent]] or [[income]] during the stated number of years.
6. {{lb|en|uncountable|also|figuratively}} Any [[mechanical]] [[hold]] or [[advantage]], applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a [[lever]], a [[tackle]] or [[capstan]].
7. {{anchor|tackle_sense_anchor}}The [[apparatus]], tackle or [[device]] by which such mechanical advantage is gained and {{n-g|(in nautical terminology)}} the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
8. {{lb|en|rock climbing|uncountable}} The amount of hold one has from an individual [[foothold]] or [[ledge]].<!-- not only in rock climbing; used mostly with verbs like lose ~, find ~, give ~, get ~ -->
9. {{lb|en|legal|dated}} Acquisition of lands or [[tenements]] by means other than [[descent]] or [[inheritance]], namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Verb

1. To [[buy]], obtain by [[payment]] of a price in money or its equivalent.
2. To [[pursue]] and [[obtain]]; to [[acquire]] by [[seeking]]; to [[gain]], obtain, or acquire.
3. To obtain by any outlay, as of [[labor]], [[danger]], or [[sacrifice]], etc.
4. To [[expiate]] by a [[fine]] or [[forfeit]].
5. 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.
6. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to [[strive]]; to exert oneself.
7. To constitute the [[buying power]] for a purchase, have a trading value.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|hamlet|town/Harrison|s/New York}}.

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