Topic: TRADE
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | purchacier 'to try to get', from chacier 'to run after and try to catch' |
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pur‧chase1 S3 W3
[transitive]
[transitive] formalBBT to buy something : 
You can purchase insurance on-line.the growing demand to purchase goods on credit Where did you purchase the car?
You can purchase insurance on-line.the growing demand to purchase goods on creditWhere did you purchase the car? —purchasable adjective
—purchaser noun [countable] France was the No. 1 purchaser of Iraqi oil.
France was the No. 1 purchaser of Iraqi oil.