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Definition of purchase

"purchase" in the noun sense

1. purchase

the acquisition of something for payment

"they closed the purchase with a handshake"

2. purchase

something acquired by purchase

3. 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

"purchase" in the verb sense

1. 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"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for purchase

To purchase Heaven has gold the power?
Can gold remove the mortal hour?
In life can love be bought with gold?
Are friendship's pleasures to be sold?
No - all that's worth a wish - a thought.
Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought.
Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind,
Let nobler views engage thy mind. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Poor is the friendless master of a world:
A world in purchase for a friend is gain. [ Dr. Young ]

He that learns a trade hath a purchase made. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Heaven is a cheap purchase, whatever it cost. [ Proverb ]

Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it. [ Proverb ]

You make a great purchase, when you relieve the necessitous. [ Proverb ]

It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. [ Franklin ]

Wherever the devil makes a purchase, he never fails to set his mark. [ Goldsmith ]

Purchase no friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love. [ T. Fuller ]

Did a person but know the value of an enemy, he would purchase him with pure gold. [ Abbe de Raunci ]

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality. [ Henry D. Thoreau ]

Humility is a virtue of so general, so exceeding good influence, that we can scarce purchase it too dear. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

Part with it as with money, sparing; pay no moment but in purchase of its worth: and what its worth ask death-beds; they can tell. [ Young ]

Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the better. It is a spark which kindles upon the best fuel, and burns brightest in the bravest breast. [ Jeremy Collier ]

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purchase in Scrabble®

The word purchase is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters purchase:

PURCHASE

(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

eparchs, parches, upreach

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word purchase

PURCHASE

(171)

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PURCHASE

(171)

PURCHASE

(162)

PURCHASE

(114)

PURCHASE

(108)

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(106 = 56 + 50)

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UPREACH

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purchase in Words With Friends™

The word purchase is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters purchase:

PURCHASE

(150)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

eparchs, parches, upreach

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word purchase

PURCHASE

(150)

PURCHASE

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In purchase

PURCHASE

(150)

PURCHASE

(138)

UPREACH

(113 = 78 + 35)

UPREACH

(113 = 78 + 35)

EPARCHS

(110 = 75 + 35)

PARCHES

(110 = 75 + 35)

PARCHES

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EPARCHS

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UPREACH

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(89 = 54 + 35)

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PURCHASE

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CAPERS

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(83 = 48 + 35)

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(81 = 46 + 35)

PURCHASE

(81)

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(79 = 44 + 35)

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(75 = 40 + 35)

PURCHASE

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(75)

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(73 = 38 + 35)

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PURCHASE

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(71 = 36 + 35)

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UPARCH

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CARPUS

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(69)

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(69)

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PURCHASE

(68)

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(68)

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(67 = 32 + 35)

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PREACH

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CAUSER

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Words within the letters of purchase

2 letter words in purchase (12 words)

ah ar as eh ha he pa pe re uh up us

3 letter words in purchase (34 words)

ace ape arc are ars ash asp cap car cue cup cur ear era hap has her hes hue par pea per pus rap rue sac sap sea she spa sue uhs ups use

4 letter words in purchase (63 words)

5 letter words in purchase (63 words)

6 letter words in purchase (24 words)

arches capers carpus casher causer chaser eparch escarp eschar pacers parsec phrase preach pusher recaps saucer scrape search seraph shaper sherpa spacer spruce uparch

7 letter words in purchase (3 words)

eparchs parches upreach

8 letter words in purchase (Anagrams) (2 words)

purchase uparches

purchase + 1 blank (6 words)

haruspice purchased purchaser purchases unparches upreaches

purchase + 2 blanks (11 words)

copurchase curateship haruspices parachutes purchasers repurchase sepulchral subchapter superyacht unpreaches upreachers

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Words containing the sequence purchase

Words that start with purchase (5 words)

purchase purchased purchaser purchasers purchases

Words with purchase in them (15 words)

purchase copurchased copurchaser copurchasers copurchases overpurchased overpurchases prepurchased prepurchaser prepurchasers prepurchases repurchased repurchases stockpurchases underpurchased

Words that end with purchase (6 words)

copurchase overpurchase prepurchase purchase repurchase stockpurchase

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Word Growth involving purchase

Shorter words in purchase

as has chase

ha has chase

Longer words containing purchase

copurchase copurchased

copurchase copurchaser copurchasers

copurchase copurchases

overpurchase overpurchased

overpurchase overpurchases

purchased copurchased

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purchaser prepurchaser prepurchasers

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purchases stockpurchases

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