| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession obtained with money |
| Synonyms: | acquirement, acquisition, asset, bargain, booty*, buy, gain, investment, property, steal |
| Antonyms: | sale, sell |
| Concept: | Purchase. |
| Category: | 3. Interchange of Property |
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-nouns
purchase, emption; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal., coemption, bribery; slave trade., buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.
-verbs
buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent (hire); repurchase, buy in., keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay; spend., make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter., shop, market, go shopping.
-adjectives
purchased.
-phrases
caveat emptor, let the buyer beware; the customer is always right.
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| Antonyms: | sale |
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| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
| Synonyms: | accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Antonyms: | dearth, lack, loss, need, want |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something purchased |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, bargain, closeout, deal, good deal, investment, purchase, steal, value |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purchase |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bargain for, barter for, contract for, get, get in exchange, go shopping, invest in, market, obtain, pay for, procure, purchase, redeem, score, secure, shop for, sign for, take |
| Antonyms: | market, sell |
| Main Entry: | grasp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hold, grip |
| Synonyms: | butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, release |
| Main Entry: | grip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clasp, embrace |
| Synonyms: | anchor, brace, catch, cinch, cincture, clamp, clamping, clench, clinch, clutch, coercion, constraint, crushing, duress, enclosing, enclosure, fastening, fixing, grapnel, grapple, grasp, gripe, handclasp, handgrip, handhold, handshake, hold, hook, ligature, lug, purchase, restraint, snatch, squeeze, strength, tenure, vise, wrench |
| Antonyms: | release |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grasp, possession |
| Synonyms: | authority, clasp, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, control, dominance, dominion, grip, influence, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pull, purchase, retention, sway, tenacity, tenure |
| Antonyms: | dispossession, release |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, interests, investing, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, smart money, spec, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |