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PURCH-uh-s/ˈpɜːtʃəs/

To purchase is to buy something, especially in a formal or business context; as a noun, something bought: purchase equipment; a major purchase. Buy is everyday; acquisition is more corporate. Log each equipment purchase with a receipt. Mix-up: purpose (already in the dictionary); chase. Do not write purchase for “borrow from the cupboard”.

Meaning

To buy something, especially in a formal or business context; also something bought (noun).

Examples

• “Log each equipment purchase with a receipt, finance said.”
• “Online purchases still need a returns policy, which is the noun sense.”

Good to know

purchase + goods; a purchase; hire-purchase. Everyday: buy. Trap: purpose. Accounts, business, and news. Formal buying, or the thing bought.

Near in meaning

buy

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