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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Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital self-reported 74 breaches of Football Association rules when they purchased the club in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Before the work started, he and Defrancesco married at their newly purchased but very much unrenovated residence, in front of the “monumental fireplace” with just 40 guests in attendance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
One engineer who was an early employee at OpenAI says he purchased a home in San Francisco for over $4 million all-cash just ahead of the buying frenzy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He may also present the Irish Open winner with the trophy on Sunday evening amid a significantly enhanced security presence at the property he purchased in 2014.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She said that she’d purchased her own home from Hale, which was on the edge of his pasture.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
