(v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
(v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
(v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
(v. t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
(v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
(v. t.) To buy for a price.
(v. t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
(v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
(v. i.) To acquire wealth or property.
(v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
(v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
(v. t.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
(v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
(v. t.) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
(v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
(v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Britain had been negotiating with the Saudis over the purchase from British Aerospace of dozens of Hawk and Tornado fighter aircraft.
(2) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
(3) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
(4) The government’s increase in the discount offered to tenants has prompted a massive increase in purchases of local authority accommodation.
(5) Following baseline, training consisted of teaching students to use a number line to make purchases.
(6) In the first experiment, mongrel and ddS mice produced under an unsatisfactory control of proximate environment were purchased, and acute toxicity tests of thiamine hydrochloride (B1HCl) and isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INAH) were practiced at two different conditioned rooms.
(7) Our fundamental market is 75% done,” he said last weekend, “and when we sign one midfield player that crucial work will be done.” The manager did not rule out further purchases, though.
(8) After a brief review of the range of monitoring accessories, the author considers the problem of their hospital standardization (various needs of the different hospital units, diversity of the monitors, existence of central purchasing departments, pressure from the treasurer's office).
(9) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
(10) Like many young Chinese, Hua often made purchases on Taobao, the country’s equivalent of eBay.
(11) Howard Archer of consultancy IHS Global Insight said: "Given the dominant role of the services sector in the economy, the steady growth in May reported by the purchasing managers is welcome news and supports hopes that it can avoid further contraction in the second quarter."
(12) The CML said the value of lending for house purchases was up by 8% year on year in May, at £9.4bn, while the number of loans grew by 5% to 53,800.
(13) Tesco uniforms can be bought through the supermarket's Clubcard Boost scheme, where £5 in Clubcard vouchers equals a £10 spend on clothing, while Asda is offering free delivery on uniform purchases of over £25.
(14) It's possible to go out and about, and not talk to anybody apart from the person you purchase goods from."
(15) The company is also making its VR games collection free to all purchasers of its headset.
(16) The FSA last month published a report by Professor Gerard Hastings which concluded that advertising to children does have an effect on their food preferences, purchasing behaviour and consumption, and that these effects occur not just at brand level, but also for different types of food.
(17) That would mark a controversial break from its existing policy, whereby the ECB offsets bond purchases by draining liquidity from the system in separate operations.
(18) The news website is run by journalist Carmen Aristegui, who in 2014 reported that Peña Nieto’s wife was purchasing a house with financing from a government contractor .
(19) For example, if we purchase new examination equipment without any consideration or if we decide what type of equipment to introduce according to the common advice of the purchase committee of the hospital or the medical school, then we cannot design an ideal system of laboratory examinations and are forced to invest a large sum of money in vain.
(20) The euro clawed back some losses after the European Central Bank said it would absorb €16.5bn from the money markets to compensate for bond purchases up to 14 May, and Greece said it would receive the first tranche of emergency loans tomorrow.
Repurchase
Definition:
(v. t.) To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
(n.) The act of repurchasing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Massimo Cellino, the Leeds United owner, has said that an offer to repurchase Elland Road has been made using money raised from the sale of Ross McCormack and other funds.
(2) The Catalan club also has a second option to repurchase him at the end of the 2016-17 season and a right to first refusal should it not exercise (the second purchase option),” they added.
(3) As Sherlund wrote last week: In our conversations with Mr Thompson, he has not appeared receptive to taking steps to enhance shareholder value through accelerated share repurchase, cost cutting and better focusing the business.
(4) It went into administration and Tchenguiz immediately repurchased 293 of its 383 outlets through two new companies.
(5) We appreciate that the board just increased the share repurchase authorisation by $50bn, and that it continues to prioritise share repurchases over dividends (as it should).” He had outlined the importance of Apple TV in his previous letter and again highlighted the potential market value of this business as well as the cars.
(6) Exxon Mobil spent $5.8bn for stock repurchases, buying back 83m shares.
(7) The actual amount VW will spend will depend on how many vehicles are repurchased.
(8) Valukas said the bank tried to lower its leverage ratio, a key measure for credit rating agencies, through a device dubbed "repo 105", through which it temporarily sold assets with an obligation to repurchase them days later, at the end of financial quarters, in order to get a temporary influx of cash.
(9) The statement said that unless director positions were offered "without unsuitable conditions", she would be "unable to assist Fairfax at this time" and may sell her interest and consider repurchasing at some other time.
(10) A New America Foundation study (pdf) , co-written by Laura D'Andrea Tyson, maintained that companies could use the money for two purposes: "They can distribute them to their shareholders in the form of dividend payments and share repurchases; and they can use them directly to fund their domestic economic activities or to reduce their debt."
(11) The company's nuclear investment in 2008 was funded by a £2.2bn rights issue, but with Monday's pull-out, it will give £500m back to shareholders via a share repurchase programme.
(12) McCormack was signed by Leeds’s fellow Championship club Fulham for £11m in July, providing a large chunk of the £16m fee Cellino believes is required to repurchase the stadium.
(13) Apple is also expected to increase its dividend, said Bernstein, perhaps by 20% or more, and could unveil a new share repurchase programme, of $80bn or so, to the end of 2017.
(14) The Officers Club deal happened on the same day: the 150-store chain collapsed and 118 profitable stores were immediately repurchased by the group's original founder David Charlton.
(15) You might imagine that it resulted in an enormous economic boost, but here's what happened instead, in the words of Treasury official Michael Mundaca : "There is no evidence that it increased US investment or jobs, and it cost taxpayers billions … the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reports that most of the largest beneficiaries of the holiday actually cut jobs in 2005-06 – despite overall economy-wide job growth in those years – and many used the repatriated funds simply to repurchase stock or pay dividends."
(16) The proposed new use of the eurozone bailout money to fund the repurchase of Greek debt on the secondary markets, said officials, has been forced on policymakers by the private sector who made it a condition for their involvement.
(17) [...] In addition, overnight borrowing costs for banks in the $5 trillion repurchase market - which funds day-to-day operations for banks on Wall Street - remain elevated on concern that a default could ripple through key funding markets.
(18) It’s not agreed, we have the option to buy it and, if we try after November, it will cost more.” The deeds to Elland Road are owned by Teak Commercial Limited, a firm based in the British Virgin Islands, and neither of the past two Leeds owners – Gulf Finance House or Ken Bates – repurchased the ground.
(19) This Note reviews those responses and concludes that a ban on the sale of UFFI, coupled with a removal and repurchase program, is the most effective solution from the standpoint of consumer health.
(20) Suárez was due to stay in Andalusia for two years, through to the summer of 2016, but is now headed for [Villarreal], with Barça maintaining the option to repurchase the player at the end of the season,” Barça said on their website.