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Noun:

Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
An individual item one has purchased.
(''rock climbing, uncountable'') The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained.
(uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.

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Verb:

To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a '''purchase''' upon, or apply a '''purchase''' to.
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain,or acquire.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

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