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1.nounThe acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent."They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink."
2.nounThat which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
3.nounThat which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent."He was pleased with his latest purchase."
4.nounThe act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
5.nounA price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
6.nounAny mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan."It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer."
7.nounThe apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
8.nounThe amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
9.nounAcquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
10.verbTo buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent."to purchase land, to purchase a house"
11.verbTo pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
12.verbTo obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc."to purchase favor with flattery"
13.verbTo expiate by a fine or forfeit.
14.verbTo apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means."to purchase a cannon"
15.verbTo put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
16.verbTo constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value."Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution"