- (v.i.) To acquire wealth or property.
- (v.t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land or a house.
- (v.t.) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- (v.t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
- (v.t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
- (v.t.) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle or device by which the advantage is gained.
- (v.t.) The acquisition of title to or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (v.i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
- (v.t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- (v.t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
- (v.t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
- (v.t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
- (v.t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire.
- (v.t.) To buy for a price.
- (v.t.) The act of seeking, getting or obtaining anything.
- (v.t.) That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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