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Definition: Purchase |
PurchaseNoun1. The acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake". 2. Something acquired by purchase. 3. A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation". 4. The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever. Verb1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "purchase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | A combination of ropes and blocks working together, or any similar contrivance affording a mechanical advantage to assist in lifting or controlling a weight or applying tension on board ship. Tackles vary in design according to their different uses, every form or adaptation having its own specific name. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Verb. Source: This word came about when one needed to talk about how they had aquired an item for Warhammer, when the were in front of a parent, the word means the opposite of it's dictionarry meaning. Definition: When a member of this group says that they purchased something, it really means the stole it. Context: You would use the word purchase instead of stole when talking in front of a person of authority. Social Source: Warhammer Jils. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PurchaseSynonyms: leverage (n), buy (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: sell (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Noun: acquisition; gaining; Verb: obtainment; procuration, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift. |
Expenditure | Investment; purchase. |
Influence | Footing; purchase; (support); play, leverage, vantage ground. |
Purchase | Verb: buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent; (hire); repurchase, buy in. |
Noun: purchase, emption; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. | |
Make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter. | |
Space | Latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver. |
Substitution | Price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent. |
Support | Noun: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib; point d'appui, gr/pou sto/gr, purchase footing, hold, locus standi; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor; (basement). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Our only regret is that we did not have time to purchase an appropriate gift. (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) Did you purchase a Christmas gift for Agent Bristow? (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne) | |
Clever | On a bag of Fritos: "You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pluto's Purchase (1948) Louisiana Purchase (1941) American History: Our Louisiana Purchase (1941) The Purchase Price (1932) Her Purchase Price (1919) | |
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 | A potential land purchase. Land acquisitions are used in restoration to act as buffer areas for coastal wetlands and other significant fishery habitats. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Recycling coordinator for the city of Roma, TX, and Zaragoza Rodriguez (right), NRCS RC&D coordinator, Rio Brazo RC&D, discuss paper recycling. The Rio Brazo RC&D assisted in the purchase of the recycling equipment. [Slide 97CS3012.JPG.JPG]. Credit: Ken Hammond. |
 | Brush and ink drawing of Mallards by Jay N. "Ding" Darling, a famous cartoonist and noted conservationist. The artist was chief of the Biological Survey, a precursor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1934 to 1936. "Ding" conceived the idea of using duck stamps to raise money for the purchase of wetlands. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |  | Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage efforts, circa late March or early April. The view looks about northwestward. In the foreground are improvised shear legs and purchase for handling guns, carriages and other heavy weights removed from the wrecks. This arrangement was used both in landing materials and later in embarking it on USS Monongahela for transit home. The bow of the German gunboat Eber is at left, by the shear legs. USS Trenton is in the center, with the sunken USS Vandalia alongside. Vandalia's smokestack has been removed to replace that of USS Nipsic, which is probably the ship in the right distance. In the left distance is the German gunboat Adler, on her side in shallow water. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Is hoisted out of the water in a tropical port, circa 1958-59, soon after her purchase by the Navy. Photograph was released by the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, California. Credit: NAVY. |  | Interesting debate on the ship purchase bill which closed in the U.S. Senate last evening. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Madame will not regret the purchase. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Part of the Louisiana Purchase document, a view of New Orleans taken from the plantation of Marigny - November 1803, by Boquets de Woisseri, open book, map, and newspaper. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Marriage party of Igorots(?) at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Display with portrait of a man, possibly Chulalongkorn, King of Siam, in Siam (Thailand) exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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 | Coin; counter; purchase; purchasing; buying; buy; bought. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. |
| They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. | |
| Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. | |
John Balguy | Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. |
The Talmud | If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey,'' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle. |
Thomas Fuller | Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love. |
Titus Maccius Plautus | The day, water, sun, moon, night -- I do not have to purchase these things with money. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | VVhoever therefore, from thenceforth, by inheritance, purchase, permission, or otherways, enjoys any part of the land, so annexed to, and under the government of that common-wealth, must take it with the condition it is under; that is, of submitting to the government of the common-wealth, under whose jurisdiction it is, as far forth as any subject of it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | If, in consequence of the repurchase provided for in paragraph 36, the ownership of the mines or any part of them is transferred to Germany, the French State and French nationals shall have the right to purchase such amount of coal of the Saar Basin as their industrial and domestic needs are found at that time to require. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | And these I do not sell for gold Or coin of silvery shine, But for a copper halfpenny, And that will purchase nine. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His first care, on reaching Paris, had been to purchase a mourning dress for a little girl of seven years, then to procure lodgings. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Grampa began to scrabble about, trying to get a purchase to arise. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Require patients to purchase products. (references) | |
Abstract volumes are available for purchase. (references) | ||
Some bacteria may be present on foods when you purchase them. Raw foods are not sterile. (references) | ||
Business | Some purchase only branded gift items. (references) | |
The French are beginning to purchase online. (references) | ||
PMB and the RSC will recommend a purchase method. (references) | ||
Children | Mozambique | Primary education is free; however, a matriculation fee is charged for each child, which is a significant financial burden for many families, and children are required to purchase books and school supplies. (references) |
Paraguay | Families pay a fee to cover each school's administrative expenses and must purchase books, uniforms, and other supplies for their children's use. (references) | |
Lesotho | Education is not compulsory even at the primary levels, and 25 percent of children do not attend school, particularly in rural areas where there are few schools, where children are involved in subsistence activities in support of their family's welfare, or where families cannot afford the costs associated with school attendance (for example, fees for the purchase of uniforms, books, and materials). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | There was widespread concern that the purchase in May of two major Chinese-language dailies by the investment arm of the ruling coalition's most influential Chinese party would restrict this freedom and transform the newspapers into publishers of progovernment propaganda. (references) |
Guatemala | In August 2000, when eight local radio operators were unable to purchase the frequencies that they already were using due to the extremely high cost, the Superintendent of Telecommunications fined them $10,000 (about 78,000 quetzals) for broadcasting without a license. (references) | |
Croatia | These subsidies created an unfair advantage over independent television stations whose financial resources and ability to purchase programming was limited. (references) | |
Economic History | Haiti | In general these high transaction costs may add 30% or more to the final purchase price of selected products. (references) |
Haiti | Roughly 85% of the sector's spending is used to purchase raw materials, equipment, and supplies from the United States. (references) | |
Honduras | Decree Law 90/90, passed by the Honduran Congress in 1990 and its implementing regulations published in October 1991, now allow foreign individuals to purchase properties in designated "tourism zones" in order to construct permanent or vacation homes. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | Prisoners complain that they must purchase food, medicine, and other necessities from guards or bribe guards to allow the goods to be brought in from outside. (references) |
Angola | Persons who could prove that they had jobs usually were released, and those with financial means could purchase an exemption from the armed forces. (references) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Diseases such as chicken pox, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and viruses spread easily, and prisoners sometimes must purchase their own medication. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | Laws allowing condemnation and purchase of land do not require more than perfunctory notifications in newspapers to which indigenous people may have no access. (references) |
Colombia | The U'wa broke off talks with the Government in September 2000, in response to a ruling by the Government's agrarian reform agency authorizing the state oil company to purchase lands to create a buffer zone around the drilling area, and talks remained suspended during the year. (references) | |
Australia | The Government also has created an indigenous land fund, which is a trust fund that enables indigenous people to purchase land for their use. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Rice Import Policy: The sole authorized importer of rice is a government corporation with the responsibility of ensuring purchase of the domestic crop and wide power to regulate imports. (references) |
NORWAY | These unpredictable administrative tariff adjustments disrupt advance purchase orders and limit agricultural imports into Norway from the U.S. and other distant markets. (references) | |
ISRAEL | In mid-2000, purchase taxes were eliminated or reduced on more than 600 items, including imported products like color televisions, refrigerators, VCRs, dishwashers and cosmetics. (references) | |
Political Rights | Nigeria | All three parties engaged in the local purchase of false ballots and fraudulent tally sheets so that there were vast discrepancies between what observers saw and inflated tallies in some areas. (references) |
Trade | China | Bank or Enterprise Loans: Many Chinese companies have relationships with local banks or other enterprises that will loan funds for the purchase imports. (references) |
Laos | IMPORT/EXPORT DOCUMENTATION: A) FOR GENERAL GOODS, IMPORTERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION FOR EACH SHIPMENT: 1) CONTRACT WITH A FOREIGN SUPPLIER OR PURCHASE ORDER; 2) IMPORT LICENSE (7 COPIES); 3) LETTER OF CREDIT OR PAYMENT GUARANTEE PAPER FROM A FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANK; 4) TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS; 5) BILL OF LADING; 6) CUSTOMS CLEARANCE (IMPORT) REPORT. (references) | |
Travel | Georgia | Abkhaz 'border officials' may require travelers to purchase a visa from the so-called Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Other taxation: A value-added tax (VAT) of 20 percent is included in the purchase price of domestic or imported goods. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | The AmCham published a comprehensive membership directory in 1998, which is available to non-members for purchase. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Macau | These workers often work for less than half of the wages paid to a local resident performing the same job, live in controlled dormitories, work 10 to 12 hours per day, and owe large sums of money to the labor-importing company for the purchase of their jobs. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Because workers earn so little and sometimes cannot wait until payday to redeem their tickets, an informal barter system has evolved in which the tickets also are used to purchase items at private stores located on the plantations. (references) | |
Dominica | The country has an economic citizenship program that allows foreign investors to purchase passports through loosely monitored procedures requiring cash inflows ranging from $15,000 (EC$40,000) to $50,000 (EC$135,000). This process reportedly has facilitated the illegal immigration of persons from China and other countries to North America where, in some cases, they may be forced by the criminal organizations that provided the funds to work under conditions similar to bonded labor to repay their debt. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RANSOM, n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | An estimate of the appropriations necessary for the current service of the ensuing year and a statement of a purchase of arms and military stores made during the recess will be presented to Congress. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | In this purchase has been also comprehended a part of the lands within the fork of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Of the appropriations for the purchase of materials for ship building, the greater part has been applied to that object and the purchase will be continued with the balance. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Iraq has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes and other equipment needed for gas centrifuges, which are used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Purchase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.70% of the time. "Purchase" is used about 3,989 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.7% | 2,740 | 3,353 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 27.42% | 1,094 | 6,905 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.38% | 135 | 27,360 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (common) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,989 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "purchase" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Purchase | Last name | 300 | 29,795 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "purchase". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Kenaz | N/A | Biblical | This purchase |
| Kenites | N/A | Biblical | Purchase |
| Kenizzites | N/A | Biblical | Purchase |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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1. Purchase, NY |
Expressions using "purchase": advance purchase ♦ advance purchase excursion fare ♦ at so many years' purchase ♦ be worth a month's purchase ♦ buy on hire purchase ♦ buy smth. on hire purchase ♦ call purchase ♦ cash purchase ♦ complete a purchase ♦ compulsory purchase ♦ deed of purchase ♦ deposits on purchase contracts ♦ Gun tackle purchase ♦ Hire and purchase agreement ♦ hire purchase ♦ Hire purchase agreement ♦ impulse purchase ♦ instalment purchase ♦ Louisiana Purchase ♦ new purchase ♦ not worth a day's purchase ♦ notification of purchase ♦ offer to purchase ♦ Practice Valuation and Purchase ♦ purchase a condominium ♦ purchase account ♦ purchase agreement ♦ purchase and sale ♦ purchase contract ♦ purchase criminal ♦ purchase deed ♦ purchase discount ♦ purchase ledger ♦ purchase money ♦ purchase on credit ♦ purchase order ♦ purchase order change request message ♦ purchase order message ♦ purchase order response message ♦ purchase panel ♦ purchase price ♦ purchase sum ♦ purchase tax ♦ purchase value ♦ put purchase ♦ quantity purchase ♦ so many years' purchase ♦ stock purchase plan ♦ stock purchase warrant ♦ straddle purchase ♦ To rig a purchase ♦ whip purchase ♦ worth so many years' purchase ♦ year's purchase. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "purchase": purchase-block, purchase-money. | |
Ending with "purchase": compulsory-purchase, counter-purchase, hire-purchase, house-purchase, on hire-purchase, part-purchase, pre-purchase, re-purchase, self-purchase. | |
Containing "purchase": hire-purchase plan, hire-purchase system, hire-purchase terms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "purchase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | koop (buy, buying, take, take over, to buy), aanskaf (buy, take, take over), aankoop (acquisition, buy, take, take over, taking, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vlerë (amount, asset, avail, caliber, calibre, denomination, feck, merit, price, quality, rate, valor, valour, value, worth), mjet kapjeje, mbështetje (adhesion, aegis, aliment, alimentation, alimony, backup, foundation, furtherance, pillar, promotion, recourse, stock, support, sustenance, sustention, tower), marr si shkëmbim, kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), gjë e blerë, blerje (buy, buying, purchasing), blej (buy, corrupt, nobble, shop, take), çmim (charge, cost, damage, estimate, figure, honor, honour, kudos, premium, price, prise, prize, prize money, rate, recompense, reward, value). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نفوذ (authority, clout, in, influence, leverage, potency, power, prestige, reign, standing, tutelage, weight, weightiness), صفقة (bargain, buy, cuff, deal, package, transaction, turn), جر (drag, dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, pull, retrieve, sweeping, tow, traction, trail, train, trill), إستمال بالرشوة, إشترى (buy, cover, take, take up), رفع (boost, brace, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevate, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heave, heighten, hike, hoist, hold up, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, take up, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift), شىء مشترى, شراء (buy, purchasing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вдигам (carry away, carry off, elevate, flush, get up, heave, heft, hoist, hold up, kick up, lift, pick up, pull up, put up, raise, rear, rouse, run up, take up, tip up, up), покупателен (purchasing), покупен (purchasing), покупка (bargain, buy), придобивам (acquire, contract, get, harvest, have, pick up, take on, work up), придобивка (accession, acquest, acquirement, acquisition, asset, attainment, haul), приемам (accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, allow, assume, buy, concede, cotton, embrace, enrol, enroll, entertain, grant, induct, meet, postulate, premise, receive, recognize, see, stomach, take up, uphold, yield), извоювам, опорна точка (fulcrum, pivot, strong point, supporting point, toehold), средство за влияние, влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, reach, stimulus, sway), годишен доход (revenue), купувам (book, bought, buy, cop, deal, get, invest, pick up, trade), купуване (buying), хващане (caption, catch, catching, grasp, grip, gripe, handhold, hold, holding, prehension), спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, gain, get, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, win, win through), улавяне (catch, clutch, grasp, grip, gripe), опора (abut, anchor, anchorage, backlog, bearer, bulwark, buttress, column, cradle, crutch, dependence, faith, foothold, holder, jamb, lodgement, lodgment, mainstay, palladium, pillar, prop, rampart, rest, rock, roothold, sinews, staff, stand by, stay, stock, stronghold, support, tower, underpinning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | comprar (buy, take over, to buy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 購買 , 買進 , 採購 (make purchases for an organization or enterprise), 採買 (buy), 採辦 (buy on a considerable scale), "買 (bribe), "购 (Purchased, Purchasing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koupì (buy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | købe (buy, take over), køb (acquisition, buy, taking over), indkøb (acquisition, buy, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aankoop (acquisition, buy, taking over), kopen (acquire, buy, buying, take over, to buy), koop (acquisition, buy, taking over), inkoop (acquisition, buy, taking over), aanschaffen (buy, get, procure, take over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aĉeto, aĉeti (buy), aĉetakiri (acquire, buy), aĉetado (acquisition), aĉetaĵo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | keypa (buy, take over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خریداری , خرید (Buy), ابتیاع (Buy), درامدسالیانه زمین . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | osto (buying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acheter, achat (purchasing), emplette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Canadian | l'achat (the purchase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oantuge (buy, get, procure, take over), oanriede (advise, buy, counsel, get, procure, take over), oankeapje (buy, take over), oanhannelje (buy, take over), keap (acquisition, buy, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kauf (bargain, buy, buying, purchasing), Einkauf (buying, message, shopping), kaufen (bribe, buy, buy off, buy over, buying, cash, fix, purchasing, shop, take, take over, to buy, to cash), Anschaffung (acquisition, buy, buying), Einkau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγορά (bazaar, buy, deal, forum, market, marketplace, mart, outlet, shopping), παλάγκο (block and fall, block and falls, chain block, chain hoist, hoist, pulley tackle, rigging of blocks, tackle), αγοράζω (buy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מק " (cattle, herd, livestock, property, stock), לק ות (acquire, buy, own, possess, shop), לרכוש (acquire, appropriate, catch hold of, collect, come by, get hold of, obtain, pick up, procure, secure), ק י" (acquisition, buy, buying, obtainment, possession), "רכש" (procurement), רכיש" (accession, acquirement, acquisition, obtainment, procurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vásárlás (acquisition, buy, buying, shopping, taking over), vétel (acquisition, buy, over, pick-up, receiving, reception, registration, seizure), szerzemény (accession, acquest, acquisition, attainment, composition, gain), vesz (bought, buy, get, lay hold of, oppress, pick up, press, squeeze, take, take over, taken, to buy, to commune, to fence, to gibe, to list, to nick, to put in an appearance, to re-enter, to scorn, to take, to wed, took), vásárol (bought, buy, got, take over, to buy, to cope, to get), könnyítés (alleviation, facilitation, lightening, relief), hozam (civil fruit, output, out-turn, render, yield), emelőszerkezet (elevator), emelőrúd (balk, crow, crow-bar, lever, pole, pry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | kaupa (buy, take over), kaup (acquisition, buy, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembelian (buy, buying, dicker, purchasing), membeli (buy, obtain with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | ceannaigh (acquire, buy, take over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acquisto (acquisition, buy, buying, purchasing, taking, taking over), comprare (acquire, bribe, buy, corrupt, market, take, take over, to buy), paranco (pulley, tackle), compra (acquisition, buy, taking, taking over), comperare (acquire, buy, shopping, take, take over), compera (shopping), acquistare (acquire, buy, gain, get, obtain, take). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 購買 (buy), 購入 (buy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ばいしゅう (bribery, buying, corruption), かいとり (a purchase, a sale, sales), かい し (buying in quantity), かい (assembly, association, avail, being in between, buyer, buying, club, concerning oneself with, counter for occurrences, effect, -floor, large, low rank, lower order, mediation, meeting, mystery, oar, paddle, party, result, scull, shell, shellfish, stories, subordinate, the feelings of the people, together, use, wonder, worth), "うきゅう (consideration, good pitch, hard ball, harem, high class, high grade, high salary, imperial consort, inner palace, investigation, legal holiday, palace, permanent, perpetuity, reduction in pay, regulation ball, research, seraglio, study), "うばい (buy, grade, gradient, incline, pitch, public auction, public sale, red-blossomed plum tree, slope), "うにゅう (buy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 구입 (Buying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kionneeaght (buy, redemption, traffic), kionnaghey (booking, buy, buy in, buying, patronize, purchasing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | kjøpe (buy, take over, to buy, to purchase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kumpra (acquire, buy, take over), kompra (acquisition, buy, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urchasepay zakup (acquisition, buy, taking over), kupno (acquisition, buy, taking over), kupić. (various references) compra (acquisition, buy, taking, taking over), comprar (acquire, buy, deal, get, go shopping, take over, to buy), aquisição (acquest, acquirement, acquisition, asset, buy, gain, procurement). (various references) preţ (charge, cost, damage, expense, figure, offer, price, rate, value, wage, worth), valoare (acception, account, amount, assessment, caliber, calibre, consequence, cost, denomination, importance, interest, merit, price, quality, relief, time value, use, value, virtue, weight, worth), ridica cu pârghia (prise, prize), cumpåra (buy, take over), cumpãrare (buying), cumpãrãturã (buy), cumpãra (bribe, buy, buy off, reserve, Square), cãpãta (acquire, assume, coax, come by, come in for, come into, contract, derive, earn, find, get, make, obtain, pick up, receive, take on), câştiga (acquire, bear away, bear off, carry, carry off, clean, come by, conciliate, conquer, convert, draw the winner, earn, find, gain, gain smb. over, make, obtain, overcome, score, steal, sweep, take the cake, win), apucare (bout, catch, clutch, grab, grapnel, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, nip, pluck, prehension, seizing, seizure, snatch), achiziţionare (acquest, acquisition), achiziţiona (acquire, buy, buy in, collect, get, secure). (various references) купить (acquire, buy, take over). (various references) ceannaich (buy, take over). (various references) poluga (bar, boomer, bullion, crank, heaver, ingot, jemmy, lever), sticanje (acquisition, earning), nabavljanje (procurement), nabavka (acquisition, buying, procurement, procuring, purveyance), nabaviti (acquire, buy, pick up, procure), kupovina (buy, buying, shopping), kupiti (buy). (various references) compra (accession, acquisition, asset, buy, buy out, taking, taking over), comprar (acquire, buy, buy up, buying, get, go in for, invest in, lay in, pick up, take over, to buy), adquisición (accession, acquirement, acquisition, asset, buy, gain, obtainment, taking, taking over), procurarse (achieve, acquire, attain, buy, get, obtain, procure, take over), aparejo (apparel, bond, Burton, gear, preparation, pulley block, rig, rigging, tackle). (various references) bay (buy, take over). (various references) nunua (buy, take over). (various references) köp (acquisition, bargain, buy, pennyworth, taking over), inköp (acquisition, buy, shopping, taking over), köpa (buy, buying, secure, take over), uppköpa (buy), uppköp (buying), anskaffning (acquisition, buy, procurement, supply, taking over). (various references) bumilí (buy, take over), bilhin (buy, take over). (various references) ไ"้มา ("้วยความพยายาม), ทำให้เคลื่อนที่"้วยเครื่องมือสำหรับงั", การไ"้มา"้วยความพยายาม, การซื้อ (buy), ซื้อ (buy), ของที่ซื้อมา. (various references) manivela ile çekmek, alix (acquisition), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), dayanak noktası (anchor, mainstay), elde etmek (achieve, acquire, attain, carry, clear, come off, conquer, gain, get, have, make, obtain, procure, secure, suck, take, win), etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, leaven, penetration, point, potency, pull, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), kaldıraçla kaldırmak (lever, prise, prize, prize up, pry up), kazanmak (achieve, acquire, attain, be in pocket, bear the bell, carry away the bell, carry off, clean up, clear, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, gather, get, get out of, land, net, obtain, pull off, realize, reap, take, win), alım, makara sistemi, vesile (handle, means, peg), mekanik güç, nüfuz (authority, clout, diffusion, dominance, domination, force, hold, influence, interest, moment, penetration, prestige, pull, wire), sıkı tutma (cinch, clinch, grip, holding tight), satın alınan şey, satın alma (buy, buying), satın almak (buy, buy in, get, invest in), satin almak (buy, take over), toprak geliri, mübayaa. (various references) тягти лебідкою, точка опори (fulcrum, pivot, toehold), купувати (buy), купування, вартість (cost, value, worth), важіль (lever, prise, prize, pry), здобути, придбання (acquirement, acquisition, getting, obtaining, obtainment, obtention, procuration, procurement), покупка (buy), перевага (advantage, allowance, ascendant, asset, benefit, boon, bulge, capital, convenience, easement, excellence, excellency, odds, overbalance, overweight, precedence, precedency, preference, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, privilege, pull, start, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, vantage). (various references) palăng, vật tậu được thu hoạch hằng năm, vật mua được, sự tậu được, sự mua, ròng rọc (cheek), hoa lợi hằng năm, dây chão, dụng cụ bẩy lên, chỗ dựa v o, chỗ bám v o lực bẩy, đòn bẩy. (various references) prynu (acquire, buy, redeem). (various references) manik (buy, take over). (various references) -thenga (buy, take over). 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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | emo emi emptum, emptio, emptionem, emptionis, penso, redemerant, redemerit, redemi, redemimus, redemisti, redemit, redempta, redemptae, redempti, redempturus, redimam, redimat, redime, redimendi, redimendum, redimendus, redimens, redimentes, redimere, redimeret, redimerunt, redimes, redimet, redimetur, redimi, redimit, redimitur, reparo, sum, sumam, sumamus, sumas, sumat, sume, sumebant, sumenda, sumendi, sumens, sument, sumentes, sumere, sumerem, sumeret, sumes, sumesque, sumet, sumetis, sumetisque, sumetque, sumetur, sumit, sumite, sumpserim, sumpserint, sumpsero, sumpserunt, sumpsimus, sumpsisset, sumpsisti, sumpsit, sumpsitque, sumpta, sumptis, sumptu, sumptum, sumptumque, sumptus, sumunt. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | purchaser. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En kthsei tou agrou kai tou sphlaiou tou ontoV en autw para twn uiwn cet |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Finitisque mandatis quibus filios instruebat collegit pedes suos super lectulum et obiit adpositusque est ad populum suum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And endid the maundementis with whiche the sones he enfourmyde, he gederede togedere his feet vpon the bed, and dyed, and put he is to his puple. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Which felde and the caue that is therin was bought of the childern of Heth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The purchase of the field and of the cave that is in it, was from the children of Heth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | Ang kapatagan ug langub nga atua didto nga gipalit gikan sa mga anak ni Heth. |
| Croatian | Polje i spilja na njemu kupljeni su od Hetita." |
| Danish | Marken og Hulen derpå blev købt af Hetiterne." |
| Dutch | De akker, en de spelonk, die daarin is, is gekocht van de zonen Heths. |
| Finnish | siihen vainioon, joka luolineen on ostettu heettiläisiltä." |
| French | Le champ et la caverne qui s`y trouve ont été achetés des fils de Heth. |
| German | in dem Acker und der Höhle, die von den Kindern Heth gekauft ist. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ladang dan gua yang ada di situ telah dibeli dari orang Het. Kuburkanlah aku di situ." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka bendang itu serta gua yang di dalamnya sudah dibeli kepada anak-anak Het. |
| Italian | La propriet del campo e della caverna che si trova in esso proveniva dagli Hittiti. |
| Maori | I hokona te parae me te ana i reira i nga tama a Hete. |
| Norwegian | på den mark og i den hule der som blev kjøpt av Hets barn. |
| Portuguese | O campo e a cova que está nele foram comprados aos filhos de Hete. |
| Rumanian | Ogorul wi pewtera care se aflq acolo au fost cumpqrate dela fiii lui Het.`` |
| Russian | ЬФП ПМЕ Й ЕЭЕТБ, ЛПФПТБС ОБ ОЕН, ЛХ МЕОБ Х УЩОПЧ иЕФФЕЕЧЩИ. |
| Spanish | El campo y la cueva que está en él fueron adquiridos de los hijos de Het." |
| Swedish | på den åkern som jämte grottan där köptes av Hets barn." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "purchase": purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "purchase": prepurchase, repurchase. (additional references) | |
Words containing "purchase": prepurchased, prepurchases, repurchased, repurchases. (additional references) | |
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"Purchase" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pochade, pourchase, Puchacz, Puchazc, purchace, purchese, purchess, purchhase. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "purchase" (pronounced per"khus) |
| 5 | p er" kh u s | repurchase. |
| 3 | -kh u s | duchess, fichus, licentious, righteous. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: apercus, eparchs, parches, scauper, upreach. | |
-2 letters: apercu, arches, capers, carpus, causer, cesura, chapes, chares, chaser, cheaps, crapes, eparch, escarp, eschar, pacers, pareus, parsec, pauser, phrase, prahus, preach, pusher, raphes, recaps, ruches, saucer, scarph, scrape, search, secpar, seraph, shaper, sherpa, spacer, spruce. | |
-3 letters: aches, acres, apers, apres, arcus, asper, aures, caper, capes, caphs, cares. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: purchased, purchaser, purchases, upreaches. | |
+2 letters: coryphaeus, haruspices, parachutes, pasticheur, purchasers, repurchase, sepulchral, subchapter, supermacho. | |
+3 letters: champertous, leprechauns, outpreaches, pasticheurs, prepurchase, purchasable, repurchased, repurchases, subchapters, supercharge, supermachos. | |
+4 letters: archesporium, hypersurface, necrophagous, prepurchased, prepurchases, repurchasing, sepulchrally, sprachgefuhl, supercharged, supercharger, supercharges, superhelical, therapeutics, thunderclaps. | |
+5 letters: alphanumerics, brachypterous, camphoraceous, claustrophobe, hydrocephalus, hyperacuities, hypercautious, hypersurfaces, leprechaunish, prepurchasing, sarcophaguses, sprachgefuhls, superachiever, superchargers, supercharging, supergraphics, superphysical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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