purchasing
Spending for merchandise
Purchasing is the act of buying, especially in business or institutional contexts.
A purchasing department handles procurement for an organization.
Purchasing power is the value of money in terms of what it can buy.
The word emphasizes the transaction process more than the acquisition: The purchasing of supplies took all morning.
Payment completion process
- cartVehicle for hauling
- retailSales to end users
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- bargainFavorable purchase price
sale · discount · cashier · supermarket · ecommerce · merchandise · vendor · storefront
Required payment amount
- priceMonetary value assigned
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- expenditureMoney paid out
- chargeCost or accusation
fee · budget · outlay · spending · affordable · expensive · cheap · savings
Obtaining from suppliers
- vendorsThose who sell goods
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- tenderingFormally offering something
- contractingReducing in volume
bidding · requisition · inventory · logistics · negotiation · supplier · compliance · RFP
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- assetItem of value owned
ownership · valuation · offer · bid · negotiation · stake · equity · portfolio
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- capitalWealth used for investment
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
funds · retirement · commodities · real-estate · growth · yield · returns · asset
Sustained price level increase
- currencyMedium of exchange
- dollarBasic U.S. currency unit
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- wagesPayment for work
affordability · cost-of-living · consumer · economic · household · disposable · earnings · value
checkout
Payment completion process
- cartVehicle for hauling
- retailSales to end users
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
bargain · sale · discount · cashier · supermarket · ecommerce · merchandise · vendor · storefront · wholesale
cost
Required payment amount
- priceMonetary value assigned
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- expenditureMoney paid out
charge · fee · budget · outlay · spending · affordable · expensive · cheap · savings · markup
sourcing
Obtaining from suppliers
- vendorsThose who sell goods
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- tenderingFormally offering something
contracting · bidding · requisition · inventory · logistics · negotiation · supplier · compliance · RFP · RFQ
merger
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
asset · ownership · valuation · offer · bid · negotiation · stake · equity · portfolio · strategic
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- capitalWealth used for investment
dividends · funds · retirement · commodities · real-estate · growth · yield · returns · asset · equity
inflation
Sustained price level increase
wages · affordability · cost-of-living · consumer · economic · household · disposable · earnings · value · decline
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, provisions, stockpile
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- consumptioneating, drinking, consuming, ingestion, ingesting
- Equipment Buyingmachinery, tooling, cost analysis, budget, warranty
- game monetizationmicrotransactions, loot boxes, gacha, battle pass, season pass
- procurementprocurement, bidding, subcontract, competitive bids, contracts
purchasingselling
Trading for payment
vending · marketing · retailing · auctioning · peddling
purchasingnonpurchasing
Not acquiring through payment
abstaining · boycotting · refusing · returning · refraining
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- bulk purchasingOrdering in large quantities
- purchasing agentProfessional corporate buyer
- purchasing habitsRegular consumer spending patterns