purchase
verb (used with object)
to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
purchased
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past participleof purchase.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof purchase.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
purchaseverb (used with object)to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
Example Sentences
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In fact, Batista purchased a home in Daytona Beach and lived there for several years following his initial ouster in the mid-1940s.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
He would later record the events in a diary, writing: "We all assembled... replete with balloons, one pole-full of which I was carrying while dressed as Father Christmas - a plastic suit purchased at Woolworths."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Alphatec slashes its full-year outlook as fewer surgeons have purchased its add-on bone-graft products used for spinal fusion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
He later purchased the unit from the NFL star for $2.47 million in 2024 in an off-market deal.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
She then went over to the cardboard box and took out the ugliest of the clothes that Mrs. Poe had purchased, the outfits the Baudelaire orphans would never wear no matter how desperate they were.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
