Purchase vs. Purchasing
Difference Between Purchase and Purchasing
Purchasenoun
(obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
Purchasingnoun
An act or process of making a purchase.
Purchasenoun
An individual item one has purchased.
Purchasingnoun
A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
Purchasenoun
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.Purchasingnoun
A part of an organization that manages such processes
Purchasenoun
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
Purchasingnoun
the act of buying;
buying and selling fill their daysshrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledgePurchasenoun
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
He was pleased with his latest purchase.Purchasenoun
(uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.Purchasenoun
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
Purchasenoun
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Purchasenoun
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Purchasenoun
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
Purchaseverb
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
Purchaseverb
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
to purchase land, to purchase a housePurchaseverb
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
to purchase favor with flatteryPurchaseverb
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
Purchaseverb
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
to purchase a cannonPurchaseverb
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
Purchaseverb
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolutionPurchasenoun
the acquisition of something for payment;
they closed the purchase with a handshakePurchasenoun
something acquired by purchase
Purchasenoun
a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage;
he could get no purchase on the situationPurchasenoun
the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
Purchaseverb
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction;
The family purchased a new carThe conglomerate acquired a new companyShe buys for the big department store
