Purchase
Definition of Purchase
Pur´chase v. t. | 1. | To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. That loves the thing he can not purchase. - Spenser. | | 2. | To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. | | 3. | To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery. | | 4. | To expiate by a fine or forfeit. | | 5. | (Law) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance. | | 6. | To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon. | v. i. | 1. | To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self. | | 2. | To acquire wealth or property. | n. | 1. | The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. | | 2. | The act of seeking and acquiring property. | | 3. | The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. | | 4. | That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. | | 5. | That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. | | 6. | Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. | | 7. | (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. |
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