Definition of purchase

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Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..

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Cheap :: Cheap (n.) A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured..
Debit :: Debit (v. t.) To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition..
Perpetuity :: Perpetuity (n.) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.
Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo..
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
Prompt-note :: Prompt-note (n.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods..
Barter :: Barter (v. i.) To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck..
In :: In (adv.) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband..
Hire :: Hire (n.) To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate..
Specify :: Specify (v. t.) To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased..
Purchased :: Purchased (imp. & p. p.) of Purchas.
Parcel :: Parcel (v. t.) To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc..
Cost :: Cost (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life..
Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To purchase by way of truck.
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