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purchase
Overview of noun purchase
The noun purchase has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (8) purchase -- (the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake")
2. (3) purchase -- (something acquired by purchase)
3. (1) purchase -- (a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage; "he could get no purchase on the situation")
4. leverage, purchase -- (the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever)
Overview of verb purchase
The verb purchase has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (35) buy, purchase -- (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purchase
4 senses of purchase
Sense 1
purchase
=> acquisition
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
purchase
=> acquisition
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
purchase
=> influence
=> consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
leverage, purchase
=> mechanical phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun purchase
2 of 4 senses of purchase
Sense 1
purchase
=> redemption, repurchase, buyback
=> buying, purchasing
Sense 2
purchase
=> stock buyback
=> bargain, buy, steal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purchase
4 senses of purchase
Sense 1
purchase
=> acquisition
Sense 2
purchase
=> acquisition
Sense 3
purchase
=> influence
Sense 4
leverage, purchase
=> mechanical phenomenon
Antonyms of noun purchase
Member Holonyms of noun purchase
Substance Holonyms of noun purchase
Part Holonyms of noun purchase
Member Meronyms of noun purchase
Substance Meronyms of noun purchase
Part Meronyms of noun purchase
Meronyms of noun purchase
Holonyms of noun purchase
Attributes of noun purchase
Derived Forms of noun purchase
2 of 4 senses of purchase
Sense 1
purchase
RELATED TO>(verb) purchase#1
=> buy, purchase
Sense 2
purchase
RELATED TO>(verb) purchase#1
=> buy, purchase
Domain of noun purchase
Domain Terms of noun purchase
Familiarity of noun purchase
purchase used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun purchase
4 senses of purchase
Sense 1
purchase
> acquisition
=> incurring
=> moneymaking
=> annexation
=> pork-barreling
=> purchase
=> acceptance
=> succession, taking over
=> assumption, laying claim
=> inheritance, heritage
=> procurement, procurance, procural
=> restitution, return, restoration, regaining
=> buyout
Sense 2
purchase
> acquisition
=> accession, addition
=> purchase
=> gift
Sense 3
purchase
> influence
=> perturbation
=> purchase
=> wind
Sense 4
leverage, purchase
> mechanical phenomenon
=> inertia
=> leverage, purchase
=> sound
=> trajectory, flight
=> resistance
Meronyms of noun purchase
4 senses of purchase
Holonyms of noun purchase
Grep of noun purchase
hire-purchase
louisiana purchase
purchase
purchase agreement
purchase contract
purchase order
purchase price
purchaser
repurchase
stock-purchase warrant
stock purchase plan
Antonyms of verb purchase
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> buy back, repurchase
=> take
=> get
=> subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> take over, buy out, buy up
=> pick up
=> take out, buy food
=> impulse-buy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
'Cause To' of verb purchase
Derived Forms of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
RELATED TO>(noun) purchase#2
=> purchase
RELATED TO>(noun) purchase#1
=> purchase
RELATED TO>(noun) purchaser#1
=> buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee
RELATED TO>(noun) purchasing#1
=> buying, purchasing
Domain of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
TOPIC>(noun) commerce#1, commercialism#1, mercantilism#2
Domain Terms of verb purchase
Familiarity of verb purchase
purchase used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
EX: The children purchase the ball
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb purchase
1 sense of purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb purchase
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
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Grep of verb purchase
purchase
repurchase
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