purchase

Something you bought

Purchase is mainly a verb with an offshoot noun, just like buy, its more frequent and less formal synonym.

The two words are used in similar contexts.

When you purchase something, you exchange money for it.

A purchase is the act of doing this.

Your purchases are the things you bought.

The noun purchase has another, less frequent meaning: a firm and dependable grip on something: It was hard to get any purchase on the steep cliff.

buying

checkout

Payment completion process

transaction · sale · price · discount · bargain · coupon · merchandise · goods · store · supermarket

acquisition

acquire

Gain possession of

gain · attain · acquisition · retrieve · requisition · procurement · sourcing · supplier · order · fulfillment

ownership

title

Formal honorific or name

holdings · estate · proprietorship · tenure · freehold · transfer · registration · conveyance · closing · settlement

leverage

grip

Secure manual hold

fulcrum · lifting · hoisting · rigging · climbing · rope · anchor · pulley · winch · hauling

investment

stocks

Ownership stakes or inventory

capital · equity · funds · asset · shares · trading · real-estate · property · acquisition · stake

corporate

approval

Favorable opinion given

audit · budget · regulation · oversight · authorization · requisition · verification · expenditure · accounting · invoice

Categories
Opposites
transaction direction

purchasesell

Transfer for payment

vend · selling · retail · vending · merchandise

acquisition method

purchasegift

Item given freely

inherit · bequest · steal · win · accept

possession change

purchasesell

Transfer for payment

sell off · dispose of · divest · get rid of · relinquish

Phrases
Family

purchasing, purchased, purchaser, purchases, purchasers, repurchase, repurchased, repurchasing, purchasable

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G