purchase

B2 Topic:Shopping & Services

US /ˈpɝ.t͡ʃəs/ UK /ˈpɜː(ɹ).t͡ʃəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #6462

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1

noun
Something that you have bought.

He was very pleased with his latest purchase.
2

noun
The act of buying something.

They offer a free drink with the purchase of a meal.
3

noun
A firm hold or grip that lets you move or lift something.

It is hard to get any purchase on a nail without a hammer.

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3 noun · a firm hold or grip that... grip hold contact

More emption

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sale

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Forms purchasedpurchasespurchasing

Derived forms counterpurchaseforepurchasedinterpurchasemicropurchasemispurchasenonpurchasenonpurchasednonpurchasingoutpurchaseoverpurchasepostpurchaseprepurchase

Related forms buy purchaser

Etymology

From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European purchasen Middle English purchacer xno pro- Latin

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# purchase

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɝ.t͡ʃəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɜː(ɹ).t͡ʃəs/
**Frequency rank:** 6462

## Meanings
1. Something that you have bought.
2. The act of buying something.
3. A firm hold or grip that lets you move or lift something.

## Examples
- He was very pleased with his latest purchase.
- They offer a free drink with the purchase of a meal.
- It is hard to get any purchase on a nail without a hammer.

## Synonyms
- emption

## Antonyms
- sale

## Derived Forms
- counterpurchase
- forepurchased
- interpurchase
- micropurchase
- mispurchase
- nonpurchase
- nonpurchased
- nonpurchasing
- outpurchase
- overpurchase
- postpurchase
- prepurchase

## Related Forms
- buy
- purchaser

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: purchasen
- Root: purchacer
- Root: pro-

## Etymology
From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).

## AI Etymology
Purchase comes from Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”). In present-day English it covers something that you have bought, the act of buying something, and a firm hold or grip that lets you move or lift something. The wider family includes derived forms such as counterpurchase, forepurchased, interpurchase, micropurchase, mispurchase and related forms such as buy, purchaser.

## Topics
- Shopping & Services

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