purchase
[pur-chuhs]
verb (used with object), pur·chased, pur·chas·ing.
verb (used without object), pur·chased, pur·chas·ing.
to buy something.
noun
Origin of purchase
Synonyms for purchase
Synonym study
1. See buy.
Antonyms for purchase
1. sell.
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The State authority was to be the purchaser, and the occupier was to be the proprietor.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
The purchaser then brought, or sent, an order on board the ship, for the delivery of the opium.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
This tax, which should be paid by the purchaser, would produce a very large revenue.
War TaxationOtto H. Kahn
In 1755 he had also been declared its purchaser in a similar manner.
We went off to Nancy, where, said he, we should find the purchaser.
A Nest of SpiesPierre Souvestre
purchase
verb (tr)
noun
Word Origin for purchase
C13: from Old French porchacier to strive to obtain, from por- for + chacier to chase 1
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