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v. t.
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
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To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.
v. i.
To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
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One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.
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To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
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To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.
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To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.
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To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.
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To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.
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A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.
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An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted.
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To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
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A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.
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A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
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DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.
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The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
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To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line.
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Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
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To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
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