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[Purchase]
** English
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*** Etymology
[en] From [en], from [en] from [fro] (from [en]) + [fro]. Compare [fro],
which has given [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
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*** Noun
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1. The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price ; buying for money or its equivalent.
2. [en] That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
3. * [en]
4. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. [en]
5. [en] The act or process of seek ing and obtain ing something (e.g. property , etc.)
6. * [Bonduca]
7. A price paid for a house or estate , etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
8. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1848 | title=The Sessional Papers printed by order of the House of Lords
|passage=Suppose a freehold house to be worth 20 years’ PURCHASE [...]}}
1. [en] Any mechanical hold or advantage , applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever , a tackle or capstan .
2. * [en]
3. [tackle_sense_anchor] The apparatus , tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and [(in nautical terminology)] the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
4. * [en]
5. [en] The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge .
6. * [en]
7. [en] Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance , namely, by one's own act or agreement.
8. * [passage=The difference [...] between the acquisition of an estate by descent and by PURCHASE]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kapampangan: [pam] , [pam] , [pam]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- North Frisian: [Föhr-Amrum] [frr]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [formal]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or
dishonestly]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [colloquial] [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[(_obsolete_ ) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something]
[any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy
bodies]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Russian: [ru]
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[the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Korean: [ko]
- Russian: [ru]
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[the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Korean: [ko]
- Slovene: [sl]
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[acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Korean: [ko]
- Norwegian:
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- Korean: [ko]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
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*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To buy , obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
2. To pursue and obtain ; to acquire by seeking ; to gain , obtain, or acquire.
3. * [May]
4. * [page=1]
5. * [III]
6. * [I]
7. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor , danger , or sacrifice , etc.
8. * [passage=One poor retiring minute [...] / Would PURCHASE thee a thousand thousand friends.]
9. To expiate by a fine or forfeit .
10. * [III]
11. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
12. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive ; to exert oneself.
13. * 1523–1525 , [John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners] , _Froissart's Chronicles_
14. *: Duke John of Brabant PURCHASED greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.
15. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
**** Synonyms
- [buy] [en]
**** Derived terms
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**** Translations
[to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price]
- Ainu: [ain]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no] , [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
[trans-bottom]
[to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Swedish: [sv]
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[to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no] , [no]
- Slovak: [sk]
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[to expiate by a fine or forfeit]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Korean: [ko]
[trans-bottom]
[to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Korean: [ko]
[trans-bottom]
[to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
[trans-bottom]
[to constitute the buying power for a purchase]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Korean: [ko]
- Slovene: [sl]
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- Romanian: [ro]
- Telugu: [te]
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*** Anagrams
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