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purchase en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɜːtʃəs/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈpɛːtʃəs/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /ˈpɜːtʃɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpəːtʃəs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈpɜɹ.tʃəs/ (General-American)
• /ˈpeːtʃəs/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
• /ˈpʌɾtʃəs/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpøːtʃəs/ (New-Zealand, Wales)

Etymology

From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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! 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) 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. c. 1613 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Bonduca”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii:
5. (countable, uncountable) 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 […] 1848, The Sessional Papers printed by order of the House of Lords:
6. (also, figuratively, uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
   • The problem is that the model of individual responsibility assumed by most versions of ethics have little purchase on the behavior of Capital or corporations. 2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 8, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, pages 66–67:
   • It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure." 1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:
8. (uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
   • At first, he was climbing down, testing for purchase with his feet. But soon, as the entire section of ground rotated, he was lifted into the air, and up and down flipped around. 2015, Hao Jingfang, “Folding Beijing”, in Ken Liu, transl., Uncanny Magazine, number 2:
9. (countable, dated, uncountable) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
   • The difference […]between the acquisition of an estate by descent and by purchase 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

sale

Deriveds

splurchase · micropurchase · nonpurchase · prepurchase · purchase journal · impulse purchase · nominee purchase · straw purchase · overpurchase · purchase requisition · year's purchase · purchase price · purchase shears · interpurchase · proof of purchase · counterpurchase · purchase order · point of purchase · purchase system · purchase prize · repurchase · money purchase · compulsory purchase · mispurchase · compulsory purchase order · purchase funnel · distress purchase · hire purchase · postpurchase

Hypernyms

transaction · acquisition

Hyponyms

simony

Relateds

purchaser · buy

Synonyms

emption · foothold · purchase · support · grip · contact · hold · emption

Translations (151)

pt compra (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · fi ostos (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · sl nakup (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · gd ceannach (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 획득물 (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · pl kupno (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu megvétel (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · fr acquisition (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · de Anschaffung (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ro achiziție (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu megvásárlás (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · cmn 購買 /购买 (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ru приобрете́ние (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · it acquisto (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 부동산 취득 (acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance) · tg харид (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ru ку́пля-прода́жа (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · bg поку́пка (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · hu emelőszerkezet (the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained) · id pembelian (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hi क्रय (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ro cumpărare (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 증력 장치 (the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained) · nl aanwinst (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · fr acquisition (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · fi osto (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · gv kionnaghey (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · sv köp (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · eo aĉetaĵo (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ms pembelian (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · fr achat (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · sl oprijem (the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge) · pt aquisição (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · eo aĉeto (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 교환물 (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · hu adásvétel (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ar اِشْتِرَاء (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu emelőrúd (the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained) · be ку́пля (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · gl adquisición (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · mi hokonga (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ru подъёмник (any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies) · ru приобрете́ние (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ar مُشْتَرَيَات (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · nrf acat (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · hu fogás (any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies) · de Kauf (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ko 홀드 (the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge) · ko 구입품 (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · grc ὤνημα (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · pl zakup (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 지렛대 (any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies) · ru ку́пля (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · pt aquisição (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · mi hokonga (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · nl verwerving (acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance) · nl aanschaf (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · izh ostooma (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · hu beszerzés (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · el αγορά (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nl aankoop (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · uk купі́вля (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · es adquisición (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ru поку́пка (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu szerzemény (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · nb kjøp (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · be паку́пка (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · gl compra (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · mk купување (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nl aanschaf (acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance) · ba һатып алыу (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · sga creicc (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nl aankoop (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · bg поде́мник (the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained) · nl gewin (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · hu emelő (the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained) · pam saluan (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · la emptum (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · es merca (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hy գնում (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · cs koupě (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ru подъёмник (the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained) · frr kuup (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nl verwerving (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · izh ostooma (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · es adquisición (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ca compra (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · it acquisizione (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · hu vétel (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 기중기 (any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies) · fi hankinta (acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance) · gu ખરચો (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · gu ખરચો (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ko 구입 (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ko 구매 (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu kapaszkodó (the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge) · ms pembelian (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · pt compras (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · pt compra (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · sk nákup (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · sk kúpa (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · cs nákup (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nb anskaffelse (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hy գնում (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ru добы́тая вещь (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · la emptiō (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · izh osto (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ar مُشْتَرًى (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · hu fogás (the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge) · pam salwan (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ru ку́пленная вещь (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · de Einkauf (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nb overdragelse (acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance) · it compravendita (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · es compra (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · nb ervervelse (acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance) · hu vásárlás (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · es compra (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ka ყიდვა (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ja 購買 (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · fr achat (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · grc ὤνησις (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · bg придоби́вка (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · fi hankinta (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · de Anschaffung (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · nl aanwinst (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · pam sali (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu fogás (that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly) · sv köp (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nrf acat (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ga ceannach (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · sl nakup (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · dsb nakup (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nl koop (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · hu támasz (the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge) · nb anskaffelse (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · bg поку́пка (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · gd ceannach (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ar شِرَاء (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · it compra (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · nb kjøp (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · sk nákup (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ru приобрете́ние (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · el ψώνια (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · ka შეძენა (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · fa خرید (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · hu megvásárolt/beszerzett áru/tárgy/dolog/holmi (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) · fa خریداری (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · uk купува́ння (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · de Kauf (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) · ja 購入 (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price)

purchase en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɜːtʃəs/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈpɛːtʃəs/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /ˈpɜːtʃɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpəːtʃəs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈpɜɹ.tʃəs/ (General-American)
• /ˈpeːtʃəs/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
• /ˈpʌɾtʃəs/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpøːtʃəs/ (New-Zealand, Wales)

Etymology

From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).

Meanings

1. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
   • to purchase land, to purchase a house
2. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
   • 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. c. 1597–1603 (date written), Thomas Heywood, The Fair Maid of the West. Or, A Girle Worth Gold. The First Part. […], London: […] [Miles Flesher] for Richard Royston, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act I, page 1:
   • Your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling. c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
   • His faults […] hereditary / Rather than purchased. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
   • that loves the thing he cannot purchase 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
3. 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. 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
   • Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
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
6. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
   • 1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.
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.

Forms

Deriveds

unpurchaseable · outpurchase · prepurchase · nonpurchased · purchasability · purchasable · overpurchase · purchasing agent · nonpurchasing · purchasing power · purchase to pay · purchaser · purchaseless · unpurchased · forepurchased

Synonyms

procure (buy)

Translations (97)

grc ὠνέομαι (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu jóvátesz (to expiate by a fine or forfeit) · pt comprar (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · cmn 購買 /购买 (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl nastreven (to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself) · fi ostaa (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl winnen (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · sv köpa (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · sk získať (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · lt pirkti (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ru приобрета́ть (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · nl waard zijn (to constitute the buying power for a purchase) · cs koupit (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · de erstehen (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl verwerven (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl aanschaffen (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · az əldə etmək (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu vásárol (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · fi hankkia (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · ko 증력 장치를 쓰다 (to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage) · sl kupiti (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · tl mamili (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hi क्रय (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl verwerven (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · pl nabyć (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · fi hankkia (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · it acquistare (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu megszerez (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · sk zohnať (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · hu megemel (to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage) · sk kúpiť (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · la emō (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ru покупа́ть (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · ko 매수하다 (to constitute the buying power for a purchase) · ain ホㇰ (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl bekomen (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · sl kupiti (to constitute the buying power for a purchase) · no erverve (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · grc ἀγοράζω (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · bg придобивам (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · fr acheter (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu megszerez (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · mi hoko (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hy առնել (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu szerez (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · hu beszerez (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · hu szerez (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · hu vesz (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ko 획득하다 (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · de erwerben (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · no erverve (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · nl afkopen (to expiate by a fine or forfeit) · no erverve (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · hu küzd (to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself) · ko 쟁취하다 (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · es mercar (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu megvásárol (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu megvesz (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · no kjøpe seg (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · lv pirkt (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ko 납부하다 (to expiate by a fine or forfeit) · hu megküzd (to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself) · ko 고생하다 (to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself) · cs sehnat (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · got 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ro cumpăra (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · bg купувам (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu elnyer (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · gl mercar (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl verwerven (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · hy գնել (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl aankopen (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ba һатып алыу (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · no sikre seg (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · gd ceannaich (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · es comprar (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · cs získat (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · de kaufen (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ko 얻다 (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · nl (kunnen) kopen (to constitute the buying power for a purchase) · de anschaffen (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · nl gewinnen (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · hu kerít (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · hu megerőlteti magát (to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself) · az almaq (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · sv köpa (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · ko 사다 (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ko 노력하다 (to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself) · ko 얻다 (to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice) · no kjøpe (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · hu felemel (to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage) · txb käry- (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · eo aĉeti (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ko 구입하다 (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · fr acquérir (to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire) · no anskaffe (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy) · ar اِشْتَرَى (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy)