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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