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    [Verb]  | "pur*chase" | \ ˈpər-chəs \


    1: to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy

    2: to acquire (real estate) by means other than descent

    3: to obtain by labor, danger, or sacrifice

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English purchacen, from Anglo-French purchacer to strive for, obtain, from por-, pur- thoroughly, to a conclusion (from Latin pro- forward, for) + chacer to pursue, chase {mat|pro-|};

    [Verb]  | "pre*pur*chase" | \ ˌprē-ˈpər-chəs \


    1: to purchase (something) in advance

    Origin: 1868 ;

    [Noun]  | "purchase" 


    1: an act or instance of purchasing

    2: something obtained especially for a price in money or its equivalent

    3: an advantage (such as a firm hold or position) used in applying one's power

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "purchase order" 


    1: a formal document that is used by an employee to request that something be purchased by a company

    [Noun]  | "purchase price" 


    1: the amount of money someone pays for something (such as a house)

    [Noun]  | "hire purchase" 


    1: purchase on the installment plan

    Origin: 1895 ;

    [Adjective]  | "point-of-pur*chase" | \ ˈpȯint-əv-ˈpər-chəs \


    1: of or relating to the place (such as a supermarket aisle) where a decision to purchase is made

    Origin: 1939 ;

    [Geographical name]  | "Gadsden Purchase" 


    1: tract of land south of the Gila River in present Arizona and New Mexico purchased 1853 by the U.S. from Mexico area 29,640 square miles (77,064 square kilometers)

    [Geographical name]  | "Louisiana Purchase" 


    1: region of the west central U.S. between the Mississippi River and the Rockies purchased in 1803 from France area 885,000 square miles (2,301,000 square kilometers)

    [Noun phrase]  | "proof of purchase" 


    1: evidence showing that something was bought

    [Noun]  | "purchase" 


    1: as in leverage, anchorage;



    2: as in sale, deal;


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    [Verb]  | "purchase" 


    1: to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for;


      * e.g., " ... I need to purchase a new heavy coat "



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     [ "purchase" ]

    1: Female genitalia. Lady parts. The female equivalent of a package.

      * e.g.,  ... I saw Donald Trump grab her right in the purchase. It's called a purchase, because sooner or later you're going to pay for it. 

     [ "purchase" ]

    1: Bristol uk. to recieve something. to own.

      * e.g.,  ... '...can i get a bit of purchase on that reefa?' 

     [ "purchase" ]

    1: to purchase something is to take something without paying for it. this is also know as stealing.

      * e.g.,  ... girl 1: i'm so hungry 

     [ "purchase" ]

    1: download from the Internet

      * e.g.,  ... I've purchased the software... 

     [ "Purchase" ]

    1:  Verb: To purchase is to buy something.

      * e.g.,  ...  Can I purchase some weed please? 

     [ "Purchase" ]

    2:  Adjective: Describes something that is worth buying

      * e.g.,  ...  Those shoes were a purchase, they were only £30! 

     [ "purchasement" ]

    1: A thing that Audrey wanes away her life looking up as a word, jsut to proove Chris wrong, but alas... she is unsuccessful because it is a word.

      * e.g.,  ... That ugly sweater Audrey is wearing is a TERRIBLE purchasement 

     [ "purchasement" ]

    2: Definition: To buy or barter for a gift

     [ "Attention Purchase" ]

    1: When a guy so desperate for female attention he will use his dad's credit card to donate $100s to a random streamer, just to see his name on the screen or a "heart" on Youtube. Often found on Twitch cam streams and anything involving pokimane.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: "Man I sent this girl on Twitch $500 and she said thanks!" 

     [ "Proof of purchase" ]

    1: The somewhat fishy smell left on your fingers after fingering a girl. It can prove to your buddy you hooked up with a girl.

      * e.g.,  ... "You want your proof of purchase *sniff*? THERE's your proof of purchase." 

     [ "virtue-purchase" ]

    1: Similar to virtue signalling but done by means of buying trendy goods or services so as to display one's sense of contrived self-superiority: items such as books by politically correct authors, garish artwork purported to save rain-forests, or FairTrade coffee that makes the buyer feel woke; faddishly leftist buying habits that conform to intersectionality and other expressions of socially popular SJW pseudoscience, especially popular among university students.

      * e.g.,  ... Asheleigh-Meghan isn't going to actually read Michelle Obama's new book. She just bought it to put on the coffee table in case one of her black classmates shows up unexpectedly. It's more of a virtue-purchase. 

     [ "Pitty Purchasing" ]

    1: A secret form of manipulation commonly used by 4-14 year olds to get what they want. They often use this after receiving bad news, going to do or have just done something hard, or after doing something good. They use pitty as a good excuse to buy or do something that they would normally not be able to do or buy otherwise.

      * e.g.,  ... -Moooommmmmm, the dentist really hurt!!! Can we go to the toy store? 

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