Definition of purchase

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Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.

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Aceldama :: Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
Get :: Get (v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc..
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..
Purchaser :: Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance..
Subsidies :: Subsidize (v. t.) To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
Engrosser :: Engrosser (n.) One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
Purchasable :: Purchasable (a.) Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt..
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..
Achate :: Achate (n.) Purchase; bargaining.
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods..
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..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss..
Del Credere :: Del credere () An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due..
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..
Bargain :: Bargain (n.) A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain..
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..
Bargain :: Bargain (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap..
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