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01. Did you [purchase] anything of value while you were travelling in the U.S.?
02. The [purchase] price for digital cameras is expected to drop significantly over the next five years.
03. We stopped in the mall to show each other our [purchases] before setting out again to continue our Christmas shopping.
04. Both the seller and the [purchaser] of a house must pay a fee to the realtor.
05. We [purchased] our tickets, and immediately went up to the balcony to find our seats.
06. It is said that the island of Manhattan was [purchased] from the native people of the area for about $24 worth of goods.
07. You can help improve the lives of animals raised for food through your [purchasing] decisions at grocery stores and restaurants.
08. Many employees have the opportunity to [purchase] shares in the company they work for.
09. According to a popular cookbook, you should eat before you go to the store because if you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary [purchases].
10. You must declare everything you have [purchased] or acquired abroad at Customs.
11. Frederick Douglass once noted that the white man's happiness cannot be [purchased] by the black man's misery.
12. Benjamin Franklin once stated that those who would give up essential liberty to [purchase] a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
13. Someone once observed that respect cannot be learned, [purchased] or acquired; it can only be earned.
14. Adam Smith wrote that it was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally [purchased].
15. The first animal [purchased] for the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago was a bear cub, bought for $10 in 1874.
16. America [purchased] Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000.
17. In 1971, London Bridge was [purchased] by an American, and shipped to Arizona to be displayed as a tourist attraction.
18. It is a good idea to [purchase] additional medical insurance if you are travelling anywhere outside the country.
19. Buying a car in Russia means paying the full price of the car at the time of [purchase] because no credit system is available there.
20. My partner and I [purchased] over 1,000 shares in the company when the price was low.
21. King George III originally [purchased] Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife, Queen Charlotte.
22. Over 96% of American households [purchase] bananas at least once each month.
23. Find someone who has purchased something worth over $100 in the past month.
24. We have a number of potential [purchasers] for your home, so we should be able to sell it very soon.
25. [Purchasing] a gun takes time because a background check has to be done on each applicant.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Purchase — Pur chase (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I ll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. Beau. & Fl.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • purchase — pur·chase 1 vb pur·chased, pur·chas·ing vt 1: to acquire (real property) by means other than descent or inheritance 2: to obtain by paying money or giving other valuable consideration; specif: to take (property) by a voluntary transaction (as a… …   Law dictionary

  • Purchase — Pur chase (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purchased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purchasing}.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF. porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to pursue, to chase.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Purchase — ist der Familienname von Zac Purchase (* 1986), britischer Ruderer Purchase heißt der Ort Purchase (New York) im Westchester County im US Bundesstaat New York Purchase (in der Bedeutung Landkauf ) steht für u.a.: Gadsden Purchase, Vereinigte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Purchase — (New York) Purchase Pays  États Unis État New York Comté Westchester S …   Wikipédia en Français

  • purchase — [n] possession obtained with money acquirement, acquisition, asset, bargain, booty*, buy, gain, investment, property, steal; concepts 446,710 Ant. sale, sell purchase [v] buy, obtain achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop*, deal in, earn, gain,… …   New thesaurus

  • Purchase — Pur chase, v. i. 1. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one s self. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage. Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • purchase — (v.) late 13c., obtain, contrive, bring about, from Anglo Fr. purchaser go after, from pur forth (possibly used here as an intensive prefix; see PURBLIND (Cf. purblind)) + O.Fr. chacier run after (see CHASE (Cf. chase)). Sense of buy first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • purchase — vb *buy Analogous words: gain, win, *get, obtain, procure, secure …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • purchase — both as a noun and as a verb, is a formal word not normally used in general contexts (especially conversation). By contrast buy as a noun is somewhat informal (a good buy), and so English lacks a word of neutral register for the meaning ‘the act… …   Modern English usage

  • purchase — ► VERB ▪ obtain by payment; buy. ► NOUN 1) the action of buying. 2) a thing bought. 3) firm contact or grip. 4) a pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects. DERIVATIVES purchasable …   English terms dictionary

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