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purchase [ pur·chase ]
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1. Acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.
New modes for the vehicle are obtained as power-ups, purchased in your factories.
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2. Obtain or achieve with effort or suffering.
the victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon
3. Haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever.
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1. The action of buying something.
the large number of videos currently available for purchase
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2. A thing that has been bought.
The next C&O stock car purchases didn't take place until the mid-1930s.
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3. The acquisition of property by one's personal action rather than by inheritance.
The insurance clause in the agreement of purchase and sale between the parties states as follows.
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4. The annual rent or return from land.
a lease valued at seven year's purchase
5. Firm contact or grip.
an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth
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6. A pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects.
Origin
1. Middle English from Old French pourchacier ‘seek to obtain or bring about’, the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses ‘gain’ (hence, in nautical use, the notion of ‘gaining’ one portion of rope after another) and ‘buy’.
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