purchases

Noun

purchase (countable and uncountable, plural purchases)

1. The 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.

   Synonyms:

   emption

2. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
   • He was pleased with his latest purchase.
3. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
4. (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
   • I'll […] get meat to save thee, / Or lose my life i’ th’ purchase.c. 1613 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Bonduca”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V...
5. A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
   • Suppose a freehold house to be worth 20 years’ purchase […]1848, The Sessional Papers printed by order of the House of Lords
6. (also, figuratively, uncountable) Any 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.

   Synonyms:

   contact, grip, hold

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