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How to pronounce purchase in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms leverage
Type of mechanical phenomenon
Type Words
Synonyms buy
Type of get, acquire
Has types take over, buy back, buy food, buy out, buy up, get, impulse-buy, pick up, repurchase, subscribe, subscribe to, take, take out
Verb group buy
Derivation purchaser, purchasing


The family purchased a new car.
Type Words
Type of influence


he could get no purchase on the situation.
Type Words
Type of acquisition
Has types bargain, steal, stock buyback, buy
Type Words
Type of acquisition
Has types buyback, purchasing, repurchase, buying, redemption


they closed the purchase with a handshake.

Examples of purchase

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They then bring the proceeds to the closing of the purchase of the new property.
From the stltoday.com
A compulsory purchase order for the 2012 Olympics made it necessary to relocate.
From the bloomberg.com
The Tel Aviv-based company plans to finance the purchase from its own resources.
From the bloomberg.com
Tickets $10 at Watermark Books, or free with the purchase of a copy of the book.
From the kansas.com
Barrett said the village inspected the property before agreeing to the purchase.
From the dailyherald.com
Print out a coupon for $10 off your $25 purchase February 25 and 26 at JCPenney.
From the kentucky.com
Poteet will receive a $100 cash prize and $200 for his school to purchase books.
From the courier-journal.com
If you can afford it, it's probably wise to purchase the best coverage possible.
From the foxbusiness.com
Expect fewer late-season sales touting 50% or more off original purchase prices.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Buy: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
  • The acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
  • Something acquired by purchase
  • A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation"
  • Leverage: the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
  • (purchasing) buying: the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
  • Trade is the voluntary, often asymmetric, exchange of goods, services, or money. Trade is also called commerce or transaction. A mechanism that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and services. ...
  • Purchase may refer to: ;Names of persons *Zac Purchase, a British rower.
  • Purchase (foaled in 1916, died 1936), an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was called "The Adonis of the Turf." Walter Vosburgh, the official handicapper for The Jockey Club as well as a turf historian for many years (and for whom the Vosburgh Stakes were named), wrote: "u2026one of the most exquisitely beautiful of racehorsesu2026to describe Purchase would be to exhaust the superlative."