purchased

/หˆpษœหtสƒษ™st/

IPA: /P ER1 CH AH0 S T/

verb
  1. 1

    To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.

    โ€œto purchase land, to purchase a houseโ€

  2. 2

    To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

  3. 3

    To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.

    โ€œto purchase favor with flatteryโ€

  4. 4

    To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

  5. 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.

    โ€œto purchase a cannonโ€

  6. 6

    To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.

  7. 7

    To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

    โ€œMany aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolutionโ€

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchase, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchased