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Meanings of purchase in English

Portuguese
atingir
Catalan
comprar
Spanish
comprar

Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.

Related terms
atingir

The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever.

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Examples for "sell"
Examples for "sell"
1
Others believe, however, that the recent sell-off may be a buying opportunity.
Reuters
2
In recent months they said they will continue to sell exchange plans.
Reuters
3
I said, 'Morris, sell now the store. You said, 'Wait.' What for?
The Assistant
4
All you need to sell confidence, however, is evidence of previous confidence.
The Guardian
5
A year earlier, Israel had offered to sell South Africa nuclear warheads.
The Guardian

The acquisition or the act of buying something by payment of money or its equivalent.

Usage of purchase in English
1
Yes, however you will need to purchase the corresponding number of papers.
News.com.au
2
The purchase could help Discover add market share, including from business travelers.
Reuters
3
On Thursday, it said the pending purchase would increase global market share.
Reuters
4
Customers are given a certain number of points with each 787 purchase.
Wired
5
China has already started large scale purchase of agricultural product & more.
Reuters
6
Louisiana: Refused to comply, but has limited public information available for purchase.
Reuters
7
Critics said Congress lacks authority to require people to purchase health insurance.
Reuters
8
Coles has today introduced new purchase limits to improve availability for customers.
News.com.au
9
Government officials have expressed concern about Vedanta's proposed purchase of Cairn India.
Reuters
10
This would include: A legal age of use and purchase of 20.
Radio NZ
11
Not purchase of land whose water rights don't fall back that far.
A nose for justice
12
The share purchase deal is on a longer post-summer timetable, bankers said.
Reuters
13
The purchase could therefore point to interesting developments in Amazon's hardware line-up.
Wired
14
The purchase should be approved by Oct. 15, the government instruction said.
Reuters
15
However, there are not many assets in the business available for purchase.
Reuters
16
It authorized the purchase program to remain in effect for a year.
Reuters
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Purchase through the time
Purchase across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
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