purchase
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Danh từ
noun- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 6.
(also, figuratively, uncountable)(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.
It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.
Đồng nghĩa: contact, grip, hold
- 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.
- 8.
(uncountable)(climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Đồng nghĩa: foothold, support
- 9.
(countable, dated, uncountable)(law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Động từ
verb- 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.
- 3.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
to purchase favor with flattery
- 4.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- 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.
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ine-pro From Middle English purchasen, from purchacer (seek to obtain) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (to chase, pursue). Compare porchacier, which has given pourchasser to chase without relent.