Definition of purchase

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Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

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Fish :: Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
Preemptioner :: Preemptioner (n.) One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land.
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..
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
Contango :: Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day..
Boughten :: Boughten (a.) Purchased; not obtained or produced at home.
Attornment :: Attornment (n.) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power..
Tret :: Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted..
Trade :: Trade (v. i.) To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business..
Rehibition :: Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand..
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.
Tributary :: Tributary (n.) A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security..
Bought :: Bought (p. a.) Purchased; bribed.
Drover :: Drover (n.) One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market..
Sample :: Sample (n.) A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples..
Span :: Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used..
Market :: Market (n.) Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market..
Perquisite :: Perquisite (n.) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent..
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