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.