purchase

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.

That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

He was pleased with his latest purchase.

[Said by a shopkeeper] I really don't think you can carry any more purchases. You can come again after you sell something, or you can simply discard an item to lighten your load. Or, you might want to sell the things you don't need here!

That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)

I'll […] get meat to save thee, / Or lose my life i’ th’ purchase.

A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.

Suppose a freehold house to be worth 20 years’ purchase […]

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

to purchase land, to purchase a house

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

that loves the thing he cannot purchase

They [the English] are all on fire / To purchaſe from the Spaniard. If their Carracks / Come deeply laden, vvee ſhall tugge vvith them / For golden ſpoile.

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

to purchase favor with flattery

One poor retiring minute […] / Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends.

To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses.

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

A surname.

A hamlet in Harrison, New York.