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prepurchase

prepurchase adjective: prior to purchase.

Adjective

prepurchase (not comparable)

  1. Prior to purchase.
    • To environmentally conscious consumers, the prepurchase itinerary of clothes has become as important a consideration as the organic nature of the materials used to make them.2008 April 10, Eric Wilson, “Where That Suit Has Been”, in New York Times

Verb

prepurchase (third-person singular simple present prepurchases, present participle prepurchasing, simple past and past participle prepurchased)

  1. (transitive) To purchase in advance.

Noun

prepurchase (plural prepurchases)

  1. A purchase made in advance.

Forms of prepurchase

Verb
third-person singular presentprepurchases
present participleprepurchasing
past participleprepurchased
pastprepurchased
Noun
pluralprepurchases

Origin of prepurchase

From pre- + purchase.

Questions about prepurchase

What does prepurchase mean?
Prepurchase means prior to purchase.
What part of speech is prepurchase?
Prepurchase can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.

Words near prepurchase in the dictionary

  1. prepupa
  2. prepupae
  3. prepupal
  4. prepuparial
  5. prepupation
  6. prepurchase
  7. prepurchased
  8. prepurchaser
  9. prepurchasers
  10. prepurchases
  11. prepurchasing

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