purchased
/หpษหtสษst/IPA: /P ER1 CH AH0 S T/
- 1
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
โto purchase land, to purchase a houseโ
- 2
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- 3
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
โto purchase favor with flatteryโ
- 4
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- 5
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
โto purchase a cannonโ
- 6
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- 7
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
โMany aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolutionโ
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchase, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchased