V. WORDS RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY POWERS; INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
IV. POSSESSIVE RELATIONS
3. Interchange of Property
Purchase.
[Antonyms: sale.]
[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) [more]; repurchase, buy in.
keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay[more]; spend[more].
make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter.
shop, market, go shopping.
[Phrases] caveat emptor, let the buyer beware; the customer is always right.