purchase
part of speech
verb (purchase, purchases, purchased, purchasing); noun (a purchase, purchases)
meaning for a pupil
1) To buy something. tree →
2) (noun) Something you have bought. tree →
3) (noun) The act of buying. tree →
4) (noun) A firm hold or grip: «my feet couldn't get a purchase on the ice». tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The cave of Machpelah was bought from the Hittites, and the tradition counts this as one of the three places in the Land of Israel whose purchase is clearly written down. Jeremiah's purchase of a field, with the sealed and open deeds, is read as a sign that Israel would return and own land again. In the primary lessons: In maths, purchase problems: total cost = price × number; change = money given − cost. In everyday life, it is a more formal word for «buy» seen on shop signs, websites and receipts. Online safety: never make a purchase online without a parent's permission. Phrases: «make a purchase», «proof of purchase», «in-app purchases».
examples
- The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.' (Torah GEN.49.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. (Torah GEN.25.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. (Torah DEU.2.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying: (Prophets JER.32.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; (Prophets JER.32.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dad purchased new school shoes for me. tree →
- Keep the receipt as proof of purchase. tree →
- Ask a parent before any in-app purchase. tree →
- She purchased 3 pens at $2 each, so she spent $6. tree →
- Our best purchase was the tent. tree →
- My boots couldn't get a purchase on the ice. tree →
- Later, another neighbor purchased him and allowed his feathers to grow again. tree →
note
More formal than «buy». Stress: «PUR-chis». Past: purchased. In maths, «purchase» = buy, so you multiply price by quantity and subtract from the money you have.
In the corpora
- the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
- The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'
- Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying:
- Buy now pay later splits a purchase into instalments; it is still borrowing, with charges if a payment is late.
- Voice assistants can be linked to shopping accounts, so grown-ups should set a PIN for purchases.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «purchase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.