purchase

1. (n) The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. 2. (n) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. 3. (v) To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent. 4. (n) That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. 5. (v) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. 6. (v) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc. 7. (n) (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan. 8. (n) The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle. 9. (v) 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. 10. (n) A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years. 11. (n) (law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. 12. (n) (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge. 13. (v) To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value. 14. (v) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself. 15. (n) (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.) 16. (v) To expiate by a fine or forfeit. 17. (n) A hamlet in Harrison, New York. 18. (n) A surname.