What does purchase mean?

purchase means "the acquisition of something for payment". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in purchase?

purchase has 2 syllables: pur-chase. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpɝtʃəs/.

What is another word for purchase?

Close synonyms include leverage, buy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is purchase a common word?

purchase is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with purchase?

1 word rhymes with purchase. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

purchase — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the acquisition of something for payment
“they closed the purchase with a handshake”
Broaderacquisition
Narrowerredemption buying
2.
something acquired by purchase
Broaderacquisition
Narrowerstock buyback bargain
3.
a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
“he could get no purchase on the situation”
Broaderinfluence
4.
the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
Synonymsleverage
Broadermechanical phenomenon

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
“The family purchased a new car”
“The conglomerate acquired a new company”
“She buys for the big department store”
Synonymsbuy
Broaderget
Narrowerbuy back take get subscribe take over pick up take out impulse-buy
commerce

Other forms of purchase

plural: purchases·
past tense: purchased·
present participle: purchasing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about purchase

What does purchase mean?: purchase means "the acquisition of something for payment". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in purchase?: purchase has 2 syllables: pur-chase. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpɝtʃəs/.
What is another word for purchase?: Close synonyms include leverage, buy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is purchase a common word?: purchase is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with purchase?: 1 word rhymes with purchase. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for purchase come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the acquisition of something for payment
“they closed the purchase with a handshake”
Broaderacquisition
Narrowerredemption buying
2.
something acquired by purchase
Broaderacquisition
Narrowerstock buyback bargain
3.
a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
“he could get no purchase on the situation”
Broaderinfluence
4.
the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
Synonymsleverage
Broadermechanical phenomenon

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
“The family purchased a new car”
“The conglomerate acquired a new company”
“She buys for the big department store”
Synonymsbuy
Broaderget
Narrowerbuy back take get subscribe take over pick up take out impulse-buy
commerce

Other forms of purchase

plural: purchases·
past tense: purchased·
present participle: purchasing·

Questions about purchase

What does purchase mean?: purchase means "the acquisition of something for payment". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in purchase?: purchase has 2 syllables: pur-chase. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpɝtʃəs/.
What is another word for purchase?: Close synonyms include leverage, buy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is purchase a common word?: purchase is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with purchase?: 1 word rhymes with purchase. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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