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Purchasing   /pˈərtʃəsɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Purchase  v. t.  (past & past part. purchased; pres. part. purchasing)  
1.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. "That loves the thing he can not purchase." "Your accent is Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." "His faults... hereditary Rather than purchased."
2.
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. "The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth."
3.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery. "One poor retiring minute... Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends." "A world who would not purchase with a bruise?"
4.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit. (Obs.) "Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses."
5.
(Law)
(a)
To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
(b)
To buy for a price.
6.
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.  
1.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self. (Obs.) "Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage."
2.
To acquire wealth or property. (Obs.) "Sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast."





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"Purchasing" Quotes from Famous Books



... charge, and should avoid as long as prudence permits the publicity of an arrest; though the latter may finally be essential to safety, and to the prevention of embarking on a voyage, or taking a train to a distance, or purchasing weapons. ...
— The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) • Various
... the second I aimed at, and her Vanity lay in purchasing the Adorers of others, and not in rejoicing in their Love it self. Biblis is no Man's Mistress, but every Woman's Rival. As soon as I found this, I fell in Love with Chloe, who is my present Pleasure and Torment. I have writ to her, danced with her, and fought for her, and have been her Man ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
... the management of the money raised for the Palatines; when, instead of employing that great sum in purchasing lands in some remote and cheap part of the kingdom, and there planting those people as a colony, the ...
— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. VII - Historical and Political Tracts--Irish • Jonathan Swift
... royal American regiment, was ordered to Canada, where that corps was stationed. Mrs. Graham accompanied him, and a plan was digested—with how limited a knowledge of the future will appear—for their permanent residence in America. Dr. Graham calculated on disposing of his commission, and purchasing a tract of land on the Mohawk river, where his father-in-law, Mr. Marshall, was to follow him. The letter subjoined gives the interesting incidents of their voyage, and forms a pleasant introduction to the character of Mrs. Graham at this period ...
— The Power of Faith - Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. • Isabella Graham
... discriminated in favor of certain bondholders and were so manifestly unjust that Judge Gresham, before whom the case was subsequently brought, did not hesitate to say to them that "the boldness of this scheme to aid the purchasing committee, by denying equal right to all bondholders secured by the same mortgages, is equaled only by its injustice." At the same time one of the counsel for the dissenting bondholders characterized these strange orders as "the highwayman's clutch on our throat, the ...
— The Railroad Question - A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and - remedies for their abuses • William Larrabee


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