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
Government officials in Port-au-Prince told the peasants that their pigs would be replaced with pigs purchased in the United States, from Iowa farmers.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
