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Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

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..

Buy :: Buy (v. t.) To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell..

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

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..

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..

Champertor :: Champertor (n.) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain..

Market :: Market (n.) Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything..

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.

Rigging :: Rigging (n.) DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails..

Fairing :: Fairing (n.) A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair..

Marketable :: Marketable (a.) Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country..

Bought :: Bought (p. a.) Purchased; bribed.

Procure :: Procure (v. t.) To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan..

Bargain :: Bargain (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

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..

Perpetuity :: Perpetuity (n.) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.

Rehibition :: Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand..

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