Purchase Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy. |
| 2. | to acquire by effort, sacrifice, flattery, etc. |
| 3. | to influence by a bribe. |
| 4. | to be sufficient to buy: Twenty dollars purchases a subscription. |
| 5. | Law. to acquire (land or other property) by means other than inheritance. |
| 6. | to move, haul, or raise, esp. by applying mechanical power. |
| 7. | to get a leverage on; apply a lever, pulley, or other aid to. |
| 8. | Obsolete. to procure, acquire, or obtain. |
–verb (used without object)
–noun | 10. | acquisition by the payment of money or its equivalent; buying, or a single act of buying. |
| 11. | something that is purchased or bought. |
| 12. | something purchased, with respect to value in relation to price; buy: At three for a dollar they seemed like a good purchase. |
| 13. | Law. the acquisition of land or other property by means other than inheritance. |
| 14. | acquisition by means of effort, labor, etc.: the purchase of comfort at the price of freedom. |
| 15. | a lever, pulley, or other device that provides mechanical advantage or power for moving or raising a heavy object. |
| 16. | an effective hold or position for applying power in moving or raising a heavy object; leverage. |
| 17. | any means of applying or increasing power, influence, etc. |
| 18. | the annual return or rent from land. |
| 19. | a firm grip or grasp, footing, etc., on something. |
From DictionaryAgreement Definition–noun | 1. | the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement. |
| 2. | the state of being in accord. |
| 3. | an arrangement that is accepted by all parties to a transaction. |
| 4. | a contract or other document delineating such an arrangement. |
| 5. | unanimity of opinion; harmony in feeling: agreement among the members of the faculty. |
| 6. | Grammar. correspondence in number, case, gender, person, or some other formal category between syntactically connected words, esp. between one or more subordinate words and the word or words upon which they depend; selection by one word of the matching formal subclass, or category, in another word syntactically construed with the first. |
| 8. | Law. | a. | an expression of assent by two or more parties to the same object. |
| b. | the phraseology, written or oral, of an exchange of promises. |
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