Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

To buy without thinking or planning.

(business, marketing) A place where a product or service may be or has been purchased.

(law, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.

(Britain) A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular installments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP.

The amount yielded by the annual income of property; used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in computing the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.

A person who makes a straw purchase.

A purchase made secretly on behalf of someone else.

(business) A document that acts as evidence of someone having bought something, such as a receipt

plural of year's purchase