Purchase

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1. Verb

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

2. Verb

To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.

3. Verb

To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.

4. Verb

To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

5. Verb

To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

6. Verb

To buy for a price.

7. Verb

To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.

8. Verb

To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

9. Verb

To acquire wealth or property.

10. Verb

The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.

11. Verb

The act of seeking and acquiring property.

12. Verb

The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

13. Verb

That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

14. Verb

That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

15. Verb

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.

16. Verb

Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

17. Noun

a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
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