Meaning & use
purchase
To buy something.
See it in a sentence
They purchased a small house on the edge of town last spring.
The museum purchased the painting at auction for a record price.
A note on using this word
Purchase is more formal than buy and is common in business, legal, and written contexts rather than casual speech.
Words with a similar meaning
buyacquire
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. noun
A firm grip or footing, or leverage on something.
Her boots finally found purchase on the icy slope.
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