purchased

Exchanged money for

Purchased is the past tense of purchase, meaning to buy something.

The word carries a slightly formal tone compared to bought: She purchased the property last spring.

Something purchased has been acquired through payment rather than gift, inheritance, or theft.

acquisition

buyout

Purchase of controlling interest

  • takeoverAssuming command of something
  • mergerCorporate combination
  • dealAgreement or distribution

contract · procurement · acquisition · bought · obtained · secured · acquired · procured · sourced · supplier

transaction

receipt

Written payment acknowledgment

buyer · seller · order · confirmation · cashier · transaction · cost · price · sale · exchange

ownership

title

Formal honorific or name

asset · equity · holdings · estate · belongings · transfer · registration · certificate · documentation · proof

investment

stocks

Ownership stakes or inventory

shares · commodities · capital · equities · dividends · investor · asset · stake · holding · retirement

Categories
Opposites
transaction direction

purchasedsold

Exchanged for money

vended · auctioned off · liquidated · offloaded · traded

mode of acquisition

purchasedstolen

Taken unlawfully

gifted · given · donated · inherited · received

ownership status

purchasedunpurchased

Not yet acquired commercially

lost · forfeited · unsold · surrendered · returned

Phrases
Family

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

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G