(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.
Shore
Definition:
() of Shear
() imp. of Shear.
(n.) A sewer.
(n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
(v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
(v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
(v. t.) To set on shore.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(2) This isn’t a devolved matter, this is about when they come to our shores here, UK taxpayers and their ability to use UK services,” Creasy said.
(3) They had watched him celebrate mass with three million pilgrims on the packed-out shores of Copacabana beach .
(4) He told MPs that any steps taken to shore up the markets as a result of the referendum would be disclosed afterwards.
(5) A light rain pattered the rooftops of Los Mochis in Friday’s pre-dawn darkness, the town silent and still as the Sea of Cortez lapped its shore.
(6) They moved to shore up May’s position after a weekend of damaging leaks and briefings from inside the cabinet, believed to be fuelled by some of those jostling to succeed the prime minister after her disastrous election result.
(7) New orders and new export growth also slowed and the number of people employed across the manufacturing sector fell, adding to pressure on policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) to take more action to shore up growthin the region.
(8) The small prawns found on the shore during the winter exhibited a much altered behaviour.
(9) Total concentrations can range from a few parts per million in non-polluted intertidal and oceanic areas to parts per thousand in heavily contaminated estuarine, lake and near-shore environments.
(10) In the second affair, a month before polling day, Australian authorities intercepted a boatload of distressed people bound for the northern shores.
(11) The ghosts of Barbara Castle and Peter Shore , never mind Hugh Gaitskell (and, for much of his life, Harold Wilson), were never quite exorcised by the New Labour Europhiles.
(12) This condition is a genodermatosis, seen chiefly around the shores of the Mediterranean, characterised by early pigment disturbances which progress virtually inexorably towards a diffuse epitheliomatosis which usually results in death before the age of 20 years.
(13) Brown restored a degree of his authority yesterday when no other cabinet minister echoed James Purnell's call for him to quit, and two critical cabinet figures – David Miliband and John Hutton – decided to shore up Brown's position rather than join a potential rebellion.
(14) Hollande’s dinner and overnight stay at Chequers was also due to cover a strategy for Syria in light of growing signs that the president, Bashar al-Assad, is being shored up by additional military help from Russia and Iran.
(15) The Campbell family has been breeding ponies in Glenshiel for more than 100 years and now runs a small pony trekking centre offering one-hour treks along the pebbly shores of Loch Duich and through the Ratagan forest as well as all-day trail rides up into the hills for the more adventurous.
(16) But that was the fate of Peter Shore, who has died aged 77.
(17) They harvest shellfish standing in the water or meandering through mangrove forests on the shore.
(18) The time to hand over the reins came and went, Keating challenged and lost, before heading to the backbench to lick his wounds and shore up the factional numbers needed for a successful spill.
(19) As candidates and supporters packed out cafes and community centres, desperate to shore up to support on caucus eve, life continued as normal for most Iowans on Monday – with many critical of how hopefuls for the Republican presidential nomination have conducted their campaigns.
(20) ", also suggests the country is, at heart, tolerant of those who come to its shores.