purchase

Roget category 795

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.3. Interchange of property

#795. Purchase

noun

purchase, emption^† — buying, purchasing, shopping — preemption, refusal.
coemption^†, bribery — slave trade.
buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee — patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.

verb

buy, purchase, invest in, procure — rent etc. (hire) 788 — repurchase, buy in.
keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn — pay etc. 807 — spend etc. 809.
make a purchase, complete a purchase — buy over the counter.
shop, market, go shopping.

adjective

purchased etc. v..

phrase

caveat emptor — the customer is always right.

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