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purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tʃəs /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Ellison’s purchase of Paramount.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Because I had designated the cash as my farmers market budget, the card purchase belonged to a parallel economy; by this logic, my $45 remained intact.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Call options give the buyer the right to purchase an underlying share at a particular price within a specified time.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

It recently launched a feature called Reserved, which saves two concert tickets for some artists’ biggest fans to purchase before tickets go on general sale.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The story of Paul Jennings working off his purchase price after nearly half a century of slavery is remarkable enough.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Sarah and Leanne sold their house for a profit four years after moving in, and they put the equity they'd built up toward their next, separate purchases.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

June’s rise in exports was buoyed by a nearly 28% increase in precious metals with a rise in gold shipments to the U.K. and higher purchases of Canadian-held gold by foreign residents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Then I decide roughly how many purchases I want to make.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

On occasion, they’ve even had to share that unwelcome news with friends who sponsored the plants’ purchases.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Her customers, too, began to look like their purchases: Companera Sordo with her bristly jowls and upturned nose, Companero Llorente with his pink eyes and jerking chin.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Investors purchased the site, once home to the industrial juggernaut Bethlehem Steel, starting in 2014 for redevelopment and renamed it Tradepoint Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Family Nursing and Home Care said it had purchased 10 hospital-grade breast pumps and single-use pump kits.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

George reportedly purchased two adjacent villas in Lake Como in the early 2000s.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

In Tokyo, Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama also confirmed the joint intervention, saying the ministry on Friday "purchased the Japanese yen in coordination with the US Department of the Treasury."

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Government officials in Port-au-Prince told the peasants that their pigs would be replaced with pigs purchased in the United States, from Iowa farmers.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The reduction in purchasing activity and continuing accumulation of input stocks warrant attention, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

July manufacturing purchasing managers’ data for Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the eurozone are due on Monday, followed by purchasing managers’ data for services on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

She posited that the value of a currency should reflect its purchasing power and the best way to assess this was to use one “perfect universal commodity” — the Big Mac.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

In the main gym foyer, there’s an area for people to watch live streams of games while purchasing food.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

They provided against Lent by purchasing dates, and green ginger of almonds, and herrings at 4s. 6d. the borse-load.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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