Definition of purchase

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Purchase (v. t.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent..

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Purchased :: Purchased (imp. & p. p.) of Purchas.
Repurchase :: Repurchase (n.) The act of repurchasing.
Negotiator :: Negotiator (n.) One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts..
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..
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..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. i.) To acquire wealth or property.
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
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 procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money..
Blood Money :: Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser..
Charge :: Charge (v. i.) To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases..
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..
Order :: Order (n.) Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large..
Bargain :: Bargain (n.) A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
Barker :: Barker (n.) One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases.
Marketable :: Marketable (a.) Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country..
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..
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..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire..
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