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purchase

/ˈpɜɹ.tʃəs/ noun B2
  1. The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. (countable, uncountable) · They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.
  2. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. (countable, uncountable) · He was pleased with his latest purchase.
  3. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years. (countable, uncountable)
  5. Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan. (figuratively, uncountable) · It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.
  6. 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. (countable, uncountable)
  7. The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge. (uncountable)
  8. Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. (countable, dated, uncountable)

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“I should not be surprised,” said Darcy, “if he were to give it up as soon as any eligible purchase offers.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 206 · B2
“Gently, gently,” said the old man, with a smile; “and by your leave I will use your purse moderately, for they would say, if they saw me buy too many things at a time, that I had been obliged to await your return, in order to be able to purchase them.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 15 · C1
A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 87 · B2
Sire, go, leave France to its real master, to him who acquired it, not by purchase, but by right of conquest; go, sire, not that you incur any risk, for your adversary is powerful enough to show you mercy, but because it would be humiliating for a grandson of Saint Louis to owe his life to the man of Arcola, Marengo, Austerlitz.’ Tell him this, Gérard; or, rather, tell him nothing.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 117 · C1

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