Definition of purchase
- v. t. - To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain,
obtain, or acquire.
- v. t. - To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy
for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
- v. t. - To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or
sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
- v. t. - To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- v. t. - To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
- v. t. - To buy for a price.
- v. t. - 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. - To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to
exert one's self.
- v. i. - To acquire wealth or property.
- v. t. - The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
- v. t. - The act of seeking and acquiring property.
- v. t. - The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything
for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- v. t. - That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any
manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
- v. t. - That which is obtained for a price in money or its
equivalent.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than
descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.