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Meaning of word purchase from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

purchase   noun

Meaning : The acquisition of something for payment.

Example : They closed the purchase with a handshake.

Meaning : Something acquired by purchase.

Meaning : A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage.

Example : He could get no purchase on the situation.

Meaning : The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever.

Synonyms : leverage

purchase   verb

Meaning : Obtain by purchase. Acquire by means of a financial transaction.

Example : The family purchased a new car.
The conglomerate acquired a new company.
She buys for the big department store.

Synonyms : buy

Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.

He sold his house in January.
She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit.
sell