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Which city did President Jefferson hope to acquire before making the Louisiana Purchase?

purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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Antonyms
WEAK




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Annuity income is typically fixed and, as such, can lose purchasing power as prices rise — unless you purchase an inflation adjustment or rider.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Your First Home scheme will offer a government-backed loan of 20% of the purchase price - with a minimum deposit of 2.5%.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Her resignation comes as Paramount is waiting for a federal judge to approve a settlement agreement that would allow Paramount to finalize its $111-billion purchase of Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Paramount Skydance is selling about $52 billion of debt to finance its $81 billion cash purchase of Warner Bros.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“We’ve used every scrap of construction paper in the whole district. And there’s no money in the budget to purchase more.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

One possible explanation for the purchases is cyber-squatting - where people speculatively register specific domain names in case they increase in value later on and can be sold for a profit.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

South Korea has pledged $350 billion in U.S. investments, plus an additional $100 billion for American energy purchases, in exchange for dropping tariffs on most goods from 25% to 15%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

That drop, however, has a lot to do with a rush of purchases late last year as customers sought to take advantage of expiring federal tax incentives.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Companies are structuring chip and electricity purchases as future leases rather than owned assets, so the liabilities don’t show up on the balance sheet.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Outside, Dr. Blankenship was waiting in the parking lot, the back of his Prius full of purchases from Trader Joe’s.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

But, of course, it was possible that someone purchased and was keeping the snake illegally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Carnegie Mellon’s new Miami campus will sit on a site purchased from developer Moishe Mana for an undisclosed sum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The singer, 57, and the actress, 53, have owned the residence for more than a decade, having purchased it for $1.1 million in 2015.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

It comes as part of the club's continued link with Kuwait through their owner Ali Alhamad, who purchased the club in 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He placed the money in envelopes and carefully repacked it into his newly purchased briefcase.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

S&P Global’s latest purchasing manager indexes on Thursday reiterated that narrative, showing sharp growth in overseas demand for tech-export powerhouses Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The S&P Global Canada manufacturing purchasing managers index eased to 51.5 in September from 53 in August, signaling modest growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

That will weigh on household purchasing power "at a time when consumption is weakening and rising interest rates are exacerbating France's fiscal difficulties" they said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Annuity income is typically fixed and, as such, can lose purchasing power as prices rise — unless you purchase an inflation adjustment or rider.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Mass purchasing power makes the big difference. For example, breaded veal cutlets.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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