purchase
Example Sentences
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To keep the company’s roughly 20% return rate steady, it also charges a restocking fee—which it recently doubled to 20% of the purchase price, or higher for select designer gowns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
When people purchase designs by Hood Baby LA — which have been sold as far as Japan — they can be guaranteed a couture piece.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
But the booking process wasn’t as simple as just clicking purchase.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
But then you'll ask them what they want to purchase and they'll say "I'll have the cod please!"
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“That must be worth six bolts of silk,” I said, savoring the purchase of my own freedom.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing purchase
Material World: Shopping Lingo
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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