Definition of purchases in English

Wiktionary

purchases (Noun)
Plural of purchase.

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purchases, verb, present, 3rd person singular of purchase (infinitive).
purchases, noun, plural of purchase.

WordNet

Noun Plural: purchases
purchase - the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
		acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
		buyback, repurchase, redemption the act of purchasing back something previously sold
purchase - something acquired by purchase
		acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
		stock buyback a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)
purchase - a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
purchase - the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
		leverage
		mechanical phenomenon a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects

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Wiktionary

purchase (Noun)
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something.
purchase (Noun)
An individual item one has purchased.
purchase (Noun)
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
purchase (Noun)
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
purchase (Noun)
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
purchase (Noun)
Uncountable Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
purchase (Noun)
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.
purchase (Noun)
Rock climbing, uncountable The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
purchase (Noun)
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
purchase (Verb)
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
purchase (Verb)
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
purchase (Verb)
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
purchase (Verb)
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
purchase (Verb)
To apply to anything a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
purchase (Verb)
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
purchase (Verb)
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

purchase (v. t.)
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
purchase (v. t.)
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
purchase (v. t.)
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
purchase (v. t.)
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
purchase (v. t.)
To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
purchase (v. t.)
To buy for a price.
purchase (v. t.)
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
purchase (v. i.)
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
purchase (v. i.)
To acquire wealth or property.
purchase (v. t.)
The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
purchase (v. t.)
The act of seeking and acquiring property.
purchase (v. t.)
The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
purchase (v. t.)
That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
purchase (v. t.)
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
purchase (v. t.)
Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
purchase (v. t.)
Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

purchase
The acquisition or the act of buying something by payment of money or its equivalent.
purchase
To obtain in exchange for money or goods.
purchase
The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

purchase
pur′chās, v.t. to acquire by seeking: to obtain by paying: to obtain by labour, danger, &c.: (law) to get in any way other than by inheritance: to raise or move by mechanical means: (Shak.) to expiate by a fine or forfeit.—n. act of purchasing: that which is purchased or got for a price: value, advantage, worth: any mechanical power or advantage in raising or moving bodies.—adj. Pur′chasable, that may be purchased: (hence of persons) venal, corrupt.—n. Pur′chaser.—Purchase money, the money paid, or to be paid, for anything; Purchase shears, a very strong kind of shears, with removable cutters, and a strong spring at the back; Purchase system, the method by which, before 1871, commissions in the British army could be bought.—(So many) years' purchase, a price paid for a house, an estate, &c. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years. [O. Fr. porchacier (Fr. pourchasser), to seek eagerly, pursue—pur (L. pro), for, chasser, to chase.]

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

purchase
a name given by sailors to any sort of mechanical power employed in raising or removing heavy bodies, or in fixing or extending the ship’s rigging. Such are the tackles, windlasses, capsterns, screws, and handspikes.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

purchase
Any mechanical power which increases the force applied. It is of large importance to nautical men in the combinations of pulleys, as whip, gun-tackle, luff-tackle, jeer, viol, luff upon luff, runner, double-runner, capstan, windlass, &c.
purchase
Ropes rove through two large purchase-blocks at the mast-head of a whaler, and made fast to the blubber-guy, for hoisting the blubber from a whale.