purchase
verb
[ ˈpəːtʃɪs ]
• acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.
• "Mr Gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for £1,500"
Similar:
buy,
acquire,
obtain,
pick up,
snap up,
take,
secure,
procure,
come by,
pay for,
shop for,
invest in,
put money into,
get hold of,
get one's hands on,
get one's mitts on,
score,
• haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever.
purchase
noun
• the action of buying something.
• "the large number of videos currently available for purchase"
• firm contact or grip.
• "the horse's hooves fought for purchase on the slippery pavement"
Similar:
grip,
firm contact,
attachment,
hold,
foothold,
footing,
toehold,
fingerhold,
anchorage,
support,
grasp,
resistance,
friction,
leverage,
advantage,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pourchacier ‘seek to obtain or bring about’, the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses ‘gain’ (hence, in nautical use, the notion of ‘gaining’ one portion of rope after another) and ‘buy’.
