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
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
- 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
- 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.
- Never buy coins, skins or loot boxes without a parent's permission, because in-game purchases cost real money.
- In-game purchases spend real money, and small amounts add up fast.
- Never buy gems, coins or loot boxes in a game without a parent's permission; small purchases add up fast.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «purchase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.