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Purchase

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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Verb group 2

Buy 84% connected

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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Buy 84% connected

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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Acquire 76% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Narrower term 6

Bargain 76% connected

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property f…

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Buy 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Buying 76% connected

of Buy

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Purchasing 76% connected

of Purchase

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Repurchase 76% connected

To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Steal 76% connected

A handle; a stale, or stele.

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Manner of action 4

Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repurchase 76% connected

To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subscribe 76% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Entails 4

Choose 72% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 72% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Select 72% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 72% connected

Taken.

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Synonym 2

Buy 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Leverage 92% connected

The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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