| Main Entry: | purchase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession obtained with money |
Synonyms: |
acquirement, acquisition, asset, bargain, booty*, buy, gain, investment, property, steal |
Antonyms: |
sale, sell |
| Main Entry: | purchase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy, obtain |
Synonyms: |
achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop, deal in, earn, gain, get hold of, go shopping, invest, make a buy, make a purchase, market, patronize, pay for, pick up, procure, realize, redeem, secure, shop, shop for, take, take up, truck, win |
Antonyms: |
sell |
| Concept: | Purchase. |
| Category: | 3. Interchange of Property |
Synonyms: |
-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 |