Definitions
1.verbTo buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent."to purchase land, to purchase a house"
2.verbTo pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
3.verbTo obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc."to purchase favor with flattery"
4.verbTo expiate by a fine or forfeit.
5.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"
6.verbTo put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
7.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"