English Dictionary

purchase

/ˈpɝ.t͡ʃəs/

verb

To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent. / To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

I need to purchase some groceries.

意味（1）

To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.

to purchase land, to purchase a house

意味（2）

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

that loves the thing he cannot purchase

意味（3）

To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.

to purchase favor with flattery

意味（4）

To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses.

意味（5）

To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.

to purchase a cannon

意味（6）

To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.

Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.

意味（7）

To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution.