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• gain a purchase on something — gain/get/a purchase on something phrase to get a firm hold on something The rear wheels of the truck spun, trying to gain a purchase in the mud. Thesaurus: to hold something or someonesynonym to try to hold somethinghyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• gain — n 1: an increase in value, capital, or amount compare loss capital gain: a gain realized on the sale or exchange of a capital asset (as a stock or real estate) ca·su·al·ty gain: a gain realized by an insured because property insurance benefits… …   Law dictionary

• purchase — pur·chase 1 vb pur·chased, pur·chas·ing vt 1: to acquire (real property) by means other than descent or inheritance 2: to obtain by paying money or giving other valuable consideration; specif: to take (property) by a voluntary transaction (as a… …   Law dictionary

• purchase — [n] possession obtained with money acquirement, acquisition, asset, bargain, booty*, buy, gain, investment, property, steal; concepts 446,710 Ant. sale, sell purchase [v] buy, obtain achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop*, deal in, earn, gain,… …   New thesaurus

• Purchase — Pur chase (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purchased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purchasing}.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF. porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to pursue, to chase.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• purchase — vb *buy Analogous words: gain, win, *get, obtain, procure, secure …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• purchase */*/ — I UK [ˈpɜː(r)tʃəs] / US [ˈpɜrtʃəs] verb [transitive] Word forms purchase : present tense I/you/we/they purchase he/she/it purchases present participle purchasing past tense purchased past participle purchased formal to buy something She purchased …   English dictionary

• purchase — 1 verb (T) 1 formal to buy something, especially something big or expensive: a loan to purchase a new car 2 literary to gain something but only by losing something else: They purchased life at the expense of honour. purchasable adjective 2 noun 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• purchase — pur|chase1 W3S3 [ˈpə:tʃıs US ˈpə:r ] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: purchacier to try to get , from chacier to run after and try to catch ] formal to buy something ▪ You can purchase insurance on line. ▪ the growing demand to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• purchase — 1. noun /ˈpɜːtʃəs,ˈpɚːtʃəs/ a) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.) They offer free with the purchase of a drink. b) An individual item one has purchased. He was pleased with his latest purchase. 2 …   Wiktionary

• purchase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of buying Nouns 1. purchase, buying, emption; purchasing power; bargain (see cheapness); installment buying or plan, time purchase plan, buying on time, deferred payment, layaway plan, revolving… …   English dictionary for students