Definition of purchase

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Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained..

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Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..
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..
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire..
Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To purchase by way of truck.
Cheap :: Cheap (n.) A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.
Bona Fide :: Bona fide () In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction..
Charge :: Charge (v. i.) To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases..
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.
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..
Tacking :: Tacking (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To buy for a price.
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..
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..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
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..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2..
Redeemable :: Redeemable (a.) Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable..
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