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purchasen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French purchas , porchas ; purchase v. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purchas, purchace, purchaz, parchas, perchaz, porchace, porchaz, pourchas, pourchaz, etc. and Old French porchas, porchaz, Middle French pourchas, etc. (French pourchas ) effort, striving, doing (c1139 in Anglo-Norman as purchad ), acquisition (late 12th cent. or earlier), collection (of alms) (1212 or earlier), search, quest (first half of the 13th cent. or earlier), gain, attainment (mid 13th cent. or earlier), wealth (mid 13th cent. or earlier), plunder, spoil, booty (1268 or earlier), action of attempting to bring about or cause something (1290 or earlier), acquisition of property other than by inheritance (late 13th cent. or earlier), property (late 13th cent. or earlier), perquisites (late 13th cent. or earlier), action of pursuing (1534) (the majority of these senses are apparently recorded earliest or only in Anglo-Norman) < purchacer , etc. purchase v. In later use probably partly also directly < purchase v. Compare post-classical Latin purchacium, purchasium acquisition, thing acquired, procurement, instigation, perquisite of court (from 12th cent. in British sources), porchaicium acquisition, thing acquired (13th cent. in continental sources; < French).With the 17th-cent. forms pourchace , purchasse perhaps compare French pourchasse (feminine) effort made to obtain something (Old French (Picardy) pourcache ; now rare). With in (also of, on) purchase at Phrases 1 compare Old French filz de porchaz illegitimate child (14th cent.). Earlier currency of the word is perhaps implied by surnames (see e.g. Willelmus Purchaz (1190), Thomas Purkaz (1198), Geoffrey Purcaz (1206), Roger Purchas (1239)), although it is uncertain whether these should be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. I. The action or an act of purchasing something. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] the world > animals > animals hunted > [noun] > caught or killed in hunting society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 12039 (MED) Sir henri of alemaine..Wende to þe court of rome to make som purchas. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 6051 Ȝe ryche purchasours..yn alle ȝoure moste purchace Comþ ȝoure deþ sunnest yn place..For coueytyse ys yn purchace. (Harl. 221) 416 Purchase, adquisicio. 1502 tr. (de Worde) i. iv. sig. e.ii Many faders and moders ben moche desyrous..to make purchasses, and to gyder goodes for the bodyes of theyr childern. 1589 G. Puttenham i. xviii. 30 No doubt the shepheards..trade [was] the first art of lawfull acquisition or purchase, for at those daies robbery was a manner of purchase. 1617 T. Taylor vii. 408 He that knowes he hath gotten Christ, and groweth vp in him as a member in the head, and liueth and moueth by him, will reioyce in his purchase of naked Christ. the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > with violence or forcibly the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 1745 (MED) Men of porchas come to him so gret route..þat ech lond him gan doute. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 6089 (MED) Forthi to maken his pourchas He [sc. Covoitise, as a robber] lith awaitende on the pas..Thus Robberie goth to seke Wher as he mai his pourpos [v.r. pourchas] finde. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich lvi. 504 (MED) Whanne that forhungred that they [sc. two lions] were, the Ton wente On purchas, þe toþer lefte there. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 1953 in (1981) 76 Ane reuand volff, that leuit vpon purches On bestiall. 1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt (1589) iii. 769 The Admirall meant not to make any haste for England, but linger about the Islande of Tercera for purchase. 1596 Z. Jones tr. J. de Lavardin iii. 91 [The Turks] being scattered and dispersed..here and there about purchase and pillage. 1662 sig. B4 Being over-joyed within himself at the great purchase he had made. 1672 T. B. Let. in R. B. 20 Our Druggerman..was formerly a Robber himself, and could therefore the better carry us through the Arabs, who molest those Mountaines and live all upon Purchase. 1703 M. Martin 299 They [sc. two eagles] commonly make their purchase in the adjacent isles and continent, and never take so much as a lamb or a hen from the place of their abode. 1725 D. Defoe ii. 34 We were bound now upon Traffick, and not for Purchace... They told us, They were come into the South-Seas for Purchace, but that they had made little of it. †3. the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > attempt to obtain the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > attempt to effect something c1330 (Auch.) (1933) 562 (MED) Hit nis non hale..ȝif þou him slest bi hire purchas. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate (1901) 2389 (MED) Al pleys be deuysed By his [sc. Pleasure's] avys and his purchace. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) v. 534 The king, throu goddis grace, Gat hale vittering of his purchas. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) cxliii. 533 His nephue and..his men, who were newly slayne by the purches of the abbot of Cluney. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. xxxvii. 50 Desyryng them, that they wolde make no yuell purchase agaynst hym. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. 375 Ye Kynge of England made moche purchace to have the doughter of therle of F. to haue been married to his son Edward. ?1549 R. Wyer tr. C. de Pisan lxxxiv. sig. S1 Diomedes..acqueynted hym wi[t]h Briseyde, and did so moch by his purchase that she graunted him her loue. 1660 J. Dryden 8 Recov'ring hardly what he lost before His right indears it much, his purchase more. the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causing 1490 (1962) vii. 27 Ouer grete haste thou makest to the purchas of thy deth. a1513 H. Bradshaw (1521) ii. xxii. sig. r.viv Diuers maydens louyng a chaste mynde From vilany ben saued by her purchase. †4. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > gaining or amassing money > in an irregular way c1390 in C. Horstmann (1892) i. 141 (MED) A pore child was of porchas, Þat wiþ þe Beggeri þat he con wynne, He fond sumdel what of [read for] his kinne. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) 1530 Bothe we goon abouten oure purchas Taak thow thy part what þat men wol thee yeue And I shal myn. a1500 (a1460) (1897–1973) 233 (MED) Who so kepis the lawe, I gess, he gettis more by purches Then bi his fre rent. 1570 The 4 of Februarye was buryed one Fookes a pore man that cam to the towne of his purchase. 1571 3 Tho. Walle yt wente of his purchase the xijth of Maye. society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood c1475 (c1450) P. Idley (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. 2247 (MED) When theift is called a good purchase..Than shall the londe of Brutes Albion Turne fro welthe vnto confusioun. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici f. 14v If euery Oyster had pearle in them, it [sc. oyster-fishing] would be a very good purchase, but there is very many that haue no pearles in them. 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley i. sig. B1 Thou hast no Land, Stealing 's thy owne purchase. 1658 H. Slingsby Father's Legacy in (1836) 208 It were very strange for them who practise that Trade long, to gain by the purchase. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > other than by inheritance society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > transfer other than by inheritance 1404 in J. Raine (1865) III. 27 (MED) Y pray and charge unto my forsaid executors, that thei delyvere up all the dedis and evidencez that y have of the Says londes unto my ryghtful heire of my purchase of the forsaid londes. 1469 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 201 Euery creature that I haue hadde lande of untrieuly, as well that which came by inheritaunce as by porches. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 130 (MED) The grete lordis off þe lande, by reason off..mariages, purchasses, and oþer titles, shall often tymes growe to be gretter than thai be now. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Prol. sig. B2v If the owner make a true pee, degre, or conueyaunce, by discente or by purchace. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton (new ed.) f. ii Purchase is called the possession of landes or tenementes yt a man hathe by his dede or by his agrement. 1599 J. Davies Ded. sig. A3 The richest minde, Both by Arts purchase, and by Natures Dower. 1678 T. Ellwood 436 The Priests here are not debarr'd from having Lands as well as other men, but are equally capable of enjoying temporal Estates, by Descent, Purchase, or otherwise. 1702 I. v. 454 They were very much to seek, how the Case of Hull could concern Descents and Purchases. 1765 W. Blackstone I. iii. 215 These three princes therefore, king William, queen Mary, and queen Anne, did not take the crown by hereditary right or descent, but by way of donation or purchase, as the lawyers call it. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton 555/1 Purchase,..an acquisition of land in any lawful manner, other than by descent, or the mere act of law, and includes escheat, occupancy, prescription, forfeiture, and alienation. 1874 22 67 The word ‘purchase’ has a technical legal import..including every mode of acquiring title other than by descent. 1919 28 713 The court reasoned that the direction to convey to the settlor's heirs was equivalent to the reservation of a reversion, not the creation of a remainder; they would take, if at all, by descent and not by purchase. 1977 J. Burke (ed. 2) II. 1467/1 Purchase..In its strict legal acceptation..it means an acquisition of land in any lawful manner other than by descent or the mere act of law. 1998 C. Rossini 57/2 In the early common law the passing of real property by descent..was favoured over the passing of property ‘by purchase’, which described any other passing of property. 6. society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] 1426 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson (1937) II. 340 (MED) I be quethe..x li. toward a purchas of an halle for the company. 1598–9 in J. R. Anderson (1925) 26 Fines applied by the bailies and council to the purchase of ane hogheid of hering to be sent east throw to the men of law. 1611 Jer. xxxii. 11 I bought the field..and weighed him the money... So I tooke the euidence of the purchase. 1686 tr. J. Chardin 337 He would make his first Purchases of little Jewels. 1730 B. Franklin Lying Shopkeepers 19 Nov. in (1987) 158 They agreed on a Price; at the lapping up this Purchase, the Mistress of the Shop told him..she actually lost by everything she sold. a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. iii. 210 To begin with Redemption, the leading term introductory to most of the rest: it signifies literally the purchase of a captive slave. 1833 H. Martineau (ed. 3) ii We turned into Miss Black's shop, where I wanted to make a purchase. 1840 9 Sept. 3/5 There is very little [raw silk] of exportable quality available for purchase. 1888 M. E. Braddon I. ii. 15 She had only stopped her caprices and her purchases when the room would not hold another thing of beauty. 1930 D. L. Sayers i. 13 Moreover, the prisoner herself admits having made this purchase, for certain reasons of her own. 1959 16 May 655/2 The problem for the News of the World was how it was to find the cash to make the purchase. 2000 (Nexis) 12 Nov. l3 Most of us are familiar with the hasty purchase of over-priced undergarments on the happy occasion of an anniversary. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by sacrifice or suffering a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 322 in F. J. Furnivall (1903) 92 The pore seruaunt noght hath of avauntage But what he may get only of purchace; And he þat ones to loue dothe his omage, fful often tyme der bought is the rechace. 1651 T. Hobbes iii. xxxii. 195 Our Senses and Experience..are the Talents,..to be..employed in the purchase of Justice, Peace, and true Religion. 1658 (1687) vii. §21. 65 They that pay thus dear for damnation well deserve to enjoy the purchace. 1715 A. Pope 43 But if the Purchase costs so dear a Price, As soothing Folly, or exalting Vice. 1758 S. Hayward 58 Has the Son of God..made a compleat purchase of all the blessings of salvation for us? 1819 J. Keble Monument Lichfield Cathedral in (1869) 214 The blissful rest thou here dost see, By vigils of deep agony was bought. And He, whose Blood the purchase made, Yet guards it. 1876 W. Murdoch 52 Him whose taintless blood has made the purchase. 1915 K. Tynan 50 He who gave His Son to die For man's purchase, gives once more These, His beloved sons, to buy Him a world worth dying for. 1980 15 200 The purchase of comfort and quiet at the cost of greatness was reckoned a good bargain. society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > [noun] > payment for appointment or promotion 1767 T. Simes 180 The Major to our said Regiment, without Purchase, shall continue to receive pay as Captain only. 1787 W. Fullarton 219 As the military rise in India is by rotation without purchase, it is scarcely possible to become a field officer in less than twenty years. 1837 VII. 400/2 In the navy, in the regiment of artillery, and in the corps of engineers and marines, the commissions are conferred without purchase. 1871 29 July 31/2 The Queen, by Royal Warrant, will put an end to all Purchase in the army. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ vi But the practice of the purchase of commissions was liable to put very young men in high command. 2001 44 146 The old system of commission by purchase had been abolished. II. The product or result of purchasing; something purchased or acquired. †8. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > taken in war or raid > maritime c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 1738 (MED) Þis false man..of willeuol men him gaderede a gret route, & bi het hom god inou of porchas..& suþþe mid robberie..Of is porchas so large he was to men..Þat he adde a gret ost in a lutel stounde. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 4540 (MED) Habben hij shullen..Al her wynnyng and purchas. a1450–1509 (?a1300) (A-version) (1913) 3787 (MED) Geue off þy gold and off þy purchase [v.r. purchais] To erl, baroun, knyȝt, and servaunt off mace. a1450–1509 (?a1300) (A-version) (1913) 6528 (MED) He gaff þe hyghe and þe lowe Off his purchas good jnowe..So Richard partyd hys purchas [v.r. purches]. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 213 (MED) Yf..any of tho messagers be y-temptid to geddyr mony or Purchas of the placis whyche he is sende to, refuse hym atte al poyntes. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. vii. 177 A beauty-waining and distressed widow,..Made prise and purchase of his lustfull eye. View more context for this quotation 1612 B. Jonson iv. vii. sig. Lv Pack vp all the goods, and purchase, That we can carry i' the two trunkes. View more context for this quotation 1666 No. 106/2 A Dutch Caper..having it seems been ten months at sea without meeting with any purchase. 1694 N. Luttrell Diary 1 Dec. in (1857) III. 406 36 of their privateers are laid up at St. Malloes, finding little purchace of late. 1725 D. Defoe (1840) 3 To go anywhere that the advantage of trade, or hopes of purchase should guide us. c1387–95 G. Chaucer 256 His purchas [v.rr. purchaas, purchace] was wel bettre than his rente. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) 298 I am a feend..And here I ryde aboute my purchasyng To wite wher men wol yeue me any thyng; My purchas [v.r. purchache] is theffect of al my rente. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 6838 To wynnen is alwey myn entent; My purchace [Fr. porchas] is bettir than my rente. the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance c1450 J. Capgrave (Arun. 396) (1893) ii. 1333 (MED) Lese not youre hold, lese not youre purchace..Swiche goodly yyftis wolde not euer ben hyd. a1475 in J. O. Halliwell (1855) 65 A best hath a mothe, but he spekkyt noȝt, Of God we have that fayre purches. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán i. 192 I did runne ouer all the streetes of Rome, and that I might not bee too troublesome by begging too often in one place..but on Sundayes and Holy-dayes, I was wholly for your Churches..and there I made good purchase. 1698 J. Fryer 89 Jewellers..have made good Purchase by buying Jewels here, and carrying them into Europe to be Cut and Set, and returning sell them here. 1754 C. Calvert Let. 10 Dec. in W. H. Browne (1888) VI. 129 Such irregular parcells of Land are of no Purchase but to those whose possessions they Join. the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > non-inherited property c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 7828 (MED) He bi queþ Þe ȝongore al is porchas, ac as lawe was & wone; Normandie, is eritage, he ȝef is eldoste sone. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 86 (MED) Þat William wan with myght is told non heritage..þing þat a man wynnes, It is told purchase. a1425 (?c1350) (1964) 1368 (MED) I ȝow byseke..At wend with me to my purchace And se my kastel and my towre. 1444 (MED) It shall be leefful to euery man that purchasith eny hous or londs within the Burgh for to devyse his purchas. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 50 (MED) Kynges awe holde and do right of poscessiouns, riches, & purches, þat right heir be maad þerof. 1581 A. Fleming i. i. 2 Go and sell his lands, his fermes, his impropriations (if he had anie) his purchases, his great offices, his corne, [etc.] 1616 H. Ainsworth sig. Kk3v [The bones of Ioseph] afterward were buried in Sechem, Iakobs purchase, and Iosephs sonns heritage. 10. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > income derived from land or property 1516 T. Barker Let. 22 Dec. in P. S. Allen (1929) liii. 85 His neybor Richard Newlond wulnot selle hys vnder viij marke;the wyche ys after xvj yere purchys. 1571 J. Leslie Diary 21 July in (1855) III. 132 For in bying of purchasses, the commone use is to gif fywe ȝeris purchasse, as they call it which is fywe ȝeris proffeit for a lyferent and xx ȝeris purchasse for heritages. 1584 G. Whetstone f. 29v The most pernicious Broaker..he helpeth him to sell free land at fiue yeres purchase. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 244 Land purchased at Sixteene yeares Purchase, wil yeeld Six in the Hundred. ?1677 S. Primatt 21 A Lease for a single life is generally valued at seven years Purchase. a1722 J. Lauder (1759) I. 11 The Earl was ordained to sell these lands at nine years purchase. 1787 J. Bentham vi. 49 During the distress produced by the war, lands..were sold at 20, 18, nay, I believe, in some instances, even so low as 15 years purchase. 1852 J. Bright Let. 25 Oct. in (1868) II. 534 500,000l. per annum..or a principal sum, at twenty years' purchase, of 10,000,000l. 1881 44 212 Immediate sale was inevitable, even at from fifteen to eighteen years' purchase, not an unusual price. 1922 J. Joyce iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 669 A maximum of £60 par annum..representing at 5% simple interest on capital of £1.200 (estimate of price at 20 years purchase). 1967 20 230 These properties were sold generally at 20 years' purchase. 1992 (Nexis) 10 Apr. 16 If you pay a price for a property that shows you an immediate return of 5 per cent on your money, you are buying the property at ‘20 years' purchase’ of the rent it produces. 1680 T. Shadwell v. 57 What is become now of my Employment? 'tis not worth above six hours purchase. 1697 J. Vanbrugh iv. ii. 74 I don't think your Life's worth a quarter of an Hours Purchase. 1763 C. Churchill 17 Life we might all resign to lawless Pow'r, Nor think it worth the purchase of an hour. 1796 121 In a climate of late years so deadly noxious..that life..is scarce worth one year's purchase. 1834 F. Marryat II. x. 161 The doctors say that, with his short neck, his life is not worth two years' purchase. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell 246 The life of General Walpole would not have been worth half an hour's purchase. 1932 19 Oct. 16/1 This is our life preserver; without it our lives would not be worth an hour's purchase. 1946 J. Morgan i. ii. 53 If an exemplary fine was not inflicted, the lives of the officers..would not be worth an hour's purchase. society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > pilotage > payment of society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > used by pilot > vessel conducted by pilot 1550 2118 f. 3 [If a ship wanting a pilot fire a gun when passing Dover, the pilot] who oweth the tourne may follow his purchase into the Downes & there shall not be denyed lett ne disturbed [by other pilots]. 1609 Cinque Ports Court Loadmonage in f. 35 The said John is to paye the one halfe of the purchase unto the fellowshipp of the Trinity House of Dover. society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase > regarded from buyer's viewpoint 1582 in R. Hakluyt (1599) II. i. 225 If euery oyster had pearles in them, it would bee a very good purchase, but there are very many that haue no pearles in them. 1615 G. Sandys 17 Too deare a purchase for so short a breath. 1641 R. Brathwait lxix. 357 I held the purchase too deare, and therefore have I deservingly lost it. 1662 S. Clarke i. 187 By loss of these two Acres she's [sc. England's] more poor, Then if sh'had lost an hundred Lordships more. 'Twere a good purchase to gain these agen, By giving to the Sea all Lincoln Fen. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in 15 Who now but Arcite mourns his bitter Fate, Finds his dear Purchase, and repents too late? 1760 J. Almon at Buda It was a dear purchase, however, to the Imperialists, who lost fifteen hundred. 1771 I. i. 1 When all the lots of human life were shuffled together, he who drew the best of them had but a bad purchase. 1812 Gen. Hist. in 147 The total loss of the besiegers..amounted to upwards of 4850. This might perhaps be thought a dear purchase. 1826 J. F. Cooper I. xvi. 258 Let us then sell our lives at such a rate, as shall make our enemies believe the purchase too dear! 1857 G. Borrow I. vi. 71 She could not pronounce her words,..so I thought she was no very high purchase. 1926 11 Dec. 5/4 She [sc. a horse] has great possibilities, and should not be a dear purchase at 5,400 guineas. 1995 (Nexis) 26 Mar. 10 Buyers are looking for good purchases and are extremely price conscious. 13. society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. ix. 180/2 in (new ed.) I The wealth..dooth flow vnto our common lawiers, of whome some..is able to buie a purchase of so manie 1000 pounds. 1680 71 The Jew coming to Ligorn, presently offers his new Purchase to sale. 1709 12–14 Oct. When..a Purchace you reap, That is wondrous Cheap, They Robin-Hood Bargains are call'd. 1785 E. Sheridan Let. in (1986) ii. 58 I called at the toyshop and desired my purchases to be properly pack'd. 1811 J. Austen 18 Apr. (1995) 180 When we were served however, I was very well satisfied with my purchases. 1840 H. Brownrigg in K. Meadows I. 93 ‘You told me, sir, the print would wash!’ she exclaimed, shewing to the unmoved shopman the colourless purchase. 1884 D. Pae 22 With a proud and swelling heart he entered in possession of his purchase. 1913 W. Cather i. i. 11 Alexandra went into the store to have her purchases packed in the egg-boxes. 1955 V. Nabokov I. xv. 86 Next day they drove downtown to buy things needed for the camp: any wearable purchase worked wonders with Lo. 2003 22 Sept. 135/1 Briggs had a large shopping bag into which he placed his purchases as he gathered them. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > by special effort or sacrifice 1597 R. Hooker v. lxxvii. 227 Are not soules the purchase of Iesus Christ? 1623 J. A. Rivers i. 24 These mischiefes are the purchase thou hast bought. 1692 T. Fletcher 59 Heroes who bravely died,Their Countries Fall preventing by their own! This was the Purchase of their sufferings. 1703 M. Chudleigh Song of Three Children in 22 Where, without Labour, we can nothing gain, And where the Purchase equals not the Pain. 1807 J. Barlow i. 23 Here lies the purchase, here the wretched spoil Of painful years and persevering toil. 1833 T. Chalmers I. iii. 147 The precious fruit or purchase of each moral victory. 1886 E. Nesbit 157 For ‘faring sumptuously every day’..We give—the tortured lives of little children: For such a purchase, what a price to pay! 1889 R. Bridges (rev. ed.) lxxiv Ye blessed saints, that now in heaven enjoy The purchase of those tears. 1670 308 A parcel of land..bounded with a littel brooke and with English purches on ye south side. 1725 II. 354 It was voted and agreed to make a new division in the old purchass between the Cold Spring and Cow Harbour. 1754 B. Franklin Reasons & Motives for Albany Plan of Union in (1962) V. 411 They make new settlements on such purchases by granting lands in the King's name. 1816 3 June 334/2 The whole of that fine tract in Indiana territory, generally called Harrison's purchase, is now surveyed, and will be offered for sale. 1894 Apr. 676/2 The bride..is well known and much admired, not only in the Purchase, but in this city. 1950 20 Jan. 3/5 In well lighted cases are mounted documents that created the Louisiana purchase and changed the ownership of Alaska from Russia to the U.S. 2001 15 Nov. 54/1 Thomas Jefferson, thus received an extraordinary plum, the Louisiana Purchase. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > purchase price 1623 J. Webster v. i. sig. K2 I would neuer giue great purchase for that thing. 1670 J. Smith iii. 47 The Oakes are to grow for Timber-trees, which within a hundred years will pay double the Purchase of the Land. a1718 W. Penn Maxims in (1726) I. 844 The Purchase [of this Treatise] is small. 1743 E. Young 25 Insolvent Worlds the Purchase cannot pay. 1805 A. A. Opie II. i. 10 I shall die in peace..if I can but see you restored to your mother's affection, even though the surrender of my happiness is to be the purchase. 1849 J. K. Paulding ii. 44 For every earthly good we must pay the purchase. III. Senses relating to grip or leverage (see purchase v. 8). 15. the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > active mechanical force > ratio of load to force applied > by use of lever 1711 W. Sutherland 26 Fix..the Post..with such a regard always to the Weight, that the Purchase and Security may be an Overballance for it. 1776 G. Semple 54 The further it goes the more Power it will gain, and thereby increase its own Purchase. 1802 W. Paley xiii. 260 The head of an ox or a horse is a heavy weight, acting at the end of a long lever, (consequently with a great purchase). 1860 J. Tyndall i. x. 66 If I could have calculated on a safe purchase for my foot. 1883 29 Jan. 5/2 Unfilled door and window-spaces allowing entrance and purchase to the gale. 1926 2 July 12/2 What..is the use of the first consonant in ‘dein’..except to enable the singer to get a purchase on that ecstatic phrase? 1958 5 Dec. 6/2 The bowler can..get such a tremendous amount of purchase on the ball that..by using finger spin, he can make a ball deviate after pitching. 1993 G. F. Newman (rev. ed.) 470 Lynn stood looking at the two men, trying to get a better purchase on the situation. 2005 P. D. James iv. x. 304 Her body was so slippery that it was difficult to get a purchase. society > authority > control > [noun] > means of control > a hold upon 1790 E. Burke 232 A politician, to do great things, looks for a power, what our workmen call a purchase; and if he finds that power, in politics as in mechanics he cannot be at a loss to apply it. View more context for this quotation 1809 J. Jebb Let. 23 June in J. Jebb & A. Knox (1834) I. 547 This may give us a purchase, by which we may gain over people, from irreligion, to religion. 1853 E. Miall (1861) ii. xvii. 97 They diminish the amount of evil to be contended with, and they provide a firmer purchase for the power which contends with it. 1868 H. P. Liddon (1897) vii. 150 The will has a subtle but strong purchase over the understanding in matters of belief. 1976 A. Waugh in 19 June 6/3 But the knowledge undoubtedly gives her a certain moral purchase. 2003 6 Apr. 11/4 We are unlikely to attain the kind of understanding of the problems of the region that might provide us with the purchase to discover a path beyond them. society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for performing other processes society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] 1711 W. Sutherland 37 That the Angles of the Purchase may be as obtuse as possible for the Facility of gaining the same with smaller Force. 1726 G. Shelvocke vii. 241 When we came to make purchases to raise her again,..[we] found she did not hang so heavy. 1791 J. Smeaton 198 The compound purchase, called the Runner and Tackle. 1820 W. Scoresby II. 455 We had no other means of performing this singular evolution than by attaching purchases to the ice from the ship. 1899 F. T. Bullen 47 A derrick was rigged over the main-hatch with a double chain purchase attached. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness ii, in 112 The simple old sailor, with his talk of chains and purchases, made me forget the jungle and the pilgrims. 1962 A. G. Course 154 A rope or wire rove through a number of blocks..over the sheaves..forms a purchase or tackle. 1990 B. Toss 144 If you attach a purchase to the hauling part of another purchase, the mechnical advantages of the two are..multiplied. Phrasessociety > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising concubinage a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 26284 (MED) Bot he [sc. an uxoricide] be yong..þat he mai wijf for bere na-gate, Oþer o spous or o purches [a1400 Fairf. of purchase], þan mai his biscop do him grace Wijf to tak..Ar he him al to hordom giue. c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. (1995) 25 The jugement of ous that ben sonys of porchase of a synful moder. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 800 in (1981) 34 Except ane sone, the quhilk in lemanrye He gottin had in purches priuelie. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil ix. xi. 72 Son to the bustuus nobill Sarpedon, In purches get a Thebane wenche apon. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) vii. 375 Thai [sc. the sons of Malcolm] had a brodyr off purchas, That Malcolmys bastard sowne than was, Duncane cald. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) vii. 1251 That wes bot Bethok..Hys dowchtyr gottyn on purches. †P2. Chiefly Scottish. a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann (1881) 2nd Ser. 155 (MED) Two blind men..lifed allane of þaire purchace; For þai war blind, men fand þam fode; Þarfore þam thoght þaire lifing gude. 1612 R. Rogers iv. ii. 103 Let him liue on his purchase, and take the benefit thereof, to the comfort of him and his. c1650 J. Spalding (1851) II. 329 Indeid he wes put to leive vpone his purchess, becauss he wold not follow his fatheris courss. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil (new ed.) Gloss. (at cited word) He lives upon his purchase as well as others on their set rent. 1776 D. Herd (ed. 2) II. 234 There dwells a Tod on yonder craig,..He lives as well on his purchase, As ony laird or knight. 1808 J. Jamieson (at cited word) We still say, He lives on his purchase, of one who has no visible or fixed means of sustenance. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. at Purches To Live on one's Purchase, to support one's self by expedients or shifts. It had originally signified living by depredation. 1816 W. Scott II. ix. 229 Dousterswivel's brow grew very dark at this proposal of leaving him to his ‘ain purchase’. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 6a.) 1753 Suppl. Purchase-book,..the name given to a book..containing an account of all the purchases made. 1851 7 Nov. 7/2 He never produced his purchase-book of shares. 1991 8 117/2 It is not difficult to trace the history of the library through Creswell's systematically arranged purchase book. 1678 E. Fowler 319 Tithes were excepted out of the purchase: For..they were excepted by the Law of the Nation, and therefore it would have been impertinent to have excepted them in the Body of the Purchase-Deed. 1712 J. Norris 86 The Purchaser hath from the said Office a Purchase-Deed, Sign'd and Seal'd. 1889 1 91 His name appears in the purchase-deed of the burial ground in which he was placed for his eternal rest. 1907 Dec. 498 The description of purchase-deeds in the time of Jeremiah is suggestive of Babylonian usage. 2004 (Nexis) 10 Nov. 8 If my memory serves me correctly, the purchase deeds refer to the site being part of ‘a field called High Breech of two acres’. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > purchase price 1707 E. Taylor Medit.: My Beloved is Mine in (1960) 227 But oh! the Odds in th' purchase price down laid: Thyselfe's thy Price, myselfe my mony go'th. 1856 H. Cobb 103 Hawkins..either bartered them for, or bought with their purchase-price, the rich products of the island. 1933 25 Feb. 28/1 A proposed model law for States which may seek to prevent the sale of standard grocery products at or below purchase price. 1992 8 Feb. 104/1 The buyer has to produce up front only 6% of the purchase price. 1858 30 Oct. 1/8 It is hoped to raise the entire purchase sum during the present year. 2005 (Nexis) 3 June 3 Other financial backers for the deal included the Scottish Land Fund with a contribution of..just over 55-per cent of the total purchase sum. b. (In sense 15.) 1864 5 Oct. 3/5 (advt.) A ten-ton wharf crane, second-hand, fitted with double purchase gear. 1898 C. Bright iv. 150 Not only can the cable be cut in shallow water near the coast by any small steamer with purchase gear that will raise an anchor, but [etc.]. 1999 (Nexis) 15 Mar. 12 At the time, 10-ton union purchase gear was reckoned to be pretty good for a handysize bulker. 1791 J. Smeaton ii. iv. 70 (note) The term Purchase Tackle has of late years been applied to this kind of blocks. 1877 8 Nov. 1/7 It took some time to haul in the wire rope by purchase tackle and steam winch at first and then by hand. 1906 28 June 3/3 We got purchase tackles on him [sc. a rhinoceros], and led them away to trees and stakes, and by these means we checked him. 2005 C. Severn xii. 142 He calculated that the strain produced on the massive purchase tackle was equivalent to at least four times the weight of the heaviest stones. C2. 1782 J. Smeaton Let. 7 Feb. in (1797) I. 411 Two pair of purchase-blocks capable of purchasing 15 or 20 tons each. 1838 1 148/2 With the assistance of double and single purchase-blocks. 1993 50 51/1 The anchor chain borrowed from the Dessoug connected a drum in the engine to a purchase block that was firmly fixed in the street ahead. 1840 J. Timbs 18 The purchase falls were rove, and brought to two capstans. 1932 12 Jan. 9/1 The rope had been in use continually from June as derrick purchase falls, guys, and accommodation ladder falls. 1996 G. Danton (ed. 11) viii. 174 The purchase should be anchored as far away from the fairlead as possible..and therefore No. 2 coaming will be preferable to No. 1 coaming—depending..upon the length of the purchase fall. 1485 in F. W. Weaver (1901) 254 I bequethe to Henry, my sonne, all my purchesse londes that I haue purchessed oute of the manor of Comtone. 1843 19 Dec. 3/5 The zeal and gallantry of the purchase officers individually has never been questioned. 1891 5 Mar. 3/5 That they should re-open the whole question of purchase and the terms granted to purchase officers. 1981 24 985 A purchase officer would transfer many times on his way up the ladder to lieutenant-colonel. 1841 28 Oct. 4/2 Under the purchase system, whatever merit rises above the average is but a lucky chance. 1875 3rd Ser. 222 670/2 In the Artillery, Engineers, and Marines, they had from time immemorial had the Exchange system, yet they had never adopted the Purchase system. 1986 N. A. M. Rodger (1988) vii. 253 The purchase system discouraged the officer from risking his investment in action. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > duty on goods bought or sold 1883 23 Feb. A bill to repeal the merchants' purchase tax. 1940 c. 48 §18 A tax, to be called purchase tax, shall be charged,..on the wholesale value of all chargeable goods bought under chargeable purchases. 1947 J. Hayward 10 The publishers..fought successfully to prevent the imposition of a purchase-tax on books. 1972 27 Jan. 14/1 Ribena..was held not to be a drug or medicine and therefore not exempt from purchase tax. 1989 (BNC) 7 Oct. Purchase tax on diesel-powered cars is reduced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purchasev.Inflections: Past tense and past participle purchased, (nonstandard rare) purchast; Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French purchacere, purchachier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purchacere, puchaser, purcheser, purchesser, Anglo-Norman and Old French purchacer, porchacer, Middle French pourchacer, pourchasser, etc. (French pourchasser ), variants of Anglo-Norman purchachier, purchascier, purchassier, Anglo-Norman and Old French purchacier, porchacier, Middle French pourchacier, etc., to strive to obtain or procure something (c1100 in reflexive use, c1180 or earlier in transitive use), to take, capture (1139 or earlier), to obtain, procure, gain, acquire (1139 or earlier), to labour, strive (second half of the 12th cent. or earlier), to collect, gather (a1175 or earlier), to hunt (a1175 or earlier), to reach (late 12th cent. or earlier), to bring about (c1185 or earlier), to arrange (1268 or earlier), to obtain or gain in exchange for, at the cost of, something immaterial (1278 or earlier), to acquire possessions, amass wealth (late 13th cent. or earlier), to bring legal proceedings (late 13th cent. or earlier), to obtain and issue (a writ), take legal proceedings (late 13th cent. or earlier), to acquire (property, especially land) otherwise than by inheritance or descent (late 13th cent. or earlier), to purchase, buy (1354 or earlier) (the majority of these senses are apparently recorded earliest or only in Anglo-Norman) < pur- , por- , pour- pur- prefix + chasser , etc. chase v.1 Compare post-classical Latin purchaciare to acquire (1230 in a British source), Italian procacciare to procure, especially with difficulty and effort (late 12th or early 13th cent.).In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). †I. To bring about; to attempt to bring about. 1. the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > attempt to bring about the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)] c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 582 in C. Horstmann (1887) 123 (MED) Heo scholden swerien heore oth opon þe boke..Þat heo ne scholden purchaci non vuel [a1325 Corpus Cambr. porchacy non vuel to] þa kingue ne none of his. 1340 (1866) 8 (MED) Yet zeneȝeþ he more þet deþ oþer porchaceþ [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues purchaseþ] ssame oþer harm to oþren wrongliche. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in (1897) 12 147 (MED) Beleve not allway your officers..for sum of theym wolle doo it to purchese damege to the pouere for hate. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) 76 Wel they apperceyued certaynly that themperour pourchassed for them alle the euyl that he myght. 1483 W. Caxton tr. g j b Whan they seken and purchasen the losse and the dethe of yonge chyldren. c1550 (1979) viii. 58 Ȝe vndir the cullour of frendschip purchessis my final exterminatione. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver 157 The violence of enuy..procured him to purchase the ruine of the man that never had offended him. a1627 W. Fowler tr. Petrarch Triumphs in (1914) I. 71 And be bent alwayes to purches the weakening and decay of the mightier. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) ii. 3504 (MED) If that thou wolt pourchace How that thou miht Envie flee, Aqueinte thee with charite. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) 3936 (MED) Iocasta humblely besought Kyng Adrastus..wisly to purchace To make a pees atwene the bretheren tweyn. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 4231 (MED) Thow..dist purchace Thy temptacioun to enchace. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 408b/1 I shalle soo pourchaas to sette suche a clothe in thy lommes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cxl. 168 Duke Johan of Brabant, purchased greatly that ye erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage. c1550 (1979) viii. 58 My mortal enemeis purchessis to raif my liberte. c1580 ( tr. (1921) II. ii. 154 Quha will be gude, he man purchace How he may best auansit be. 1630 in P. H. Brown (1901) 2nd Ser. III. 654 They have purchasit surreptitiouslie..to mak lawes..they being bot subjectis. 2. the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > otherwise than by inheritance c1330 Pennyworth of Wit (Auch.) 280 in (1884) 7 116 (MED) Fare y wil to þe king..& y no schal neuer ses Til ichaue pirchaced þi pes. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 218 (MED) Nil ich me noþing auentour, To purchas a fole gret honour. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) Prol. 129 (MED) The werre wol no pes purchace. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena (Harl.) (1966) 59 (MED) We ben bounde to..purchace þe glorie and preisynge of þe name of God. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) ix. 232 None ought not to complayne my deth, sith that I have purchaced it myself. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lxvii. 231 Ye haue founde here an yll brother, syn he hath purchased for you so moche yll. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in (1846) I. 463 Godis mercy, purchassed to him by the bloode of Christ Jesus. 1594 in T. Thomson (1845) III. 826 Jesuitis..haue..purchest to thame selffis fauour and credite. 1641 J. Jackson iii. 176 As a Priest, he did earne, and purchace peace. 1678 G. Mackenzie ii. 570 Accused, and pursued be vertue of Crimes purchast be him. 1688 B. Willy in J. Barker ii. 58 Who pities them that purchase their own Ruin. the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] c1390 G. Chaucer 873 For wynd and weder, almyghty god purchace And brynge hir hom. a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) vi. 1279 (MED) Loo, thus can Fortune for hir folk purchace! 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) lxxxiii. 113 Lyke the lyonesse..of alle her faons she loueth best hym, that best can purchace for hym self. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. lxxii. 93 I trust I shall purchase for suche a capitayne, that ye shal be all reconforted. 3. To exert oneself in order to achieve an object or attain a goal; to endeavour; to strive. the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] c1400 (?c1380) 439 Sir, fele here porchasez and fongez pray. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) 191 I wote not how many poure pylgryms that wente pourchasshyng yf they myght fynde ony vytaylles in the countre. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lxxxii. 253 He purchaseth for your deth. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cxlvii. 177 The Cardynall..purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene ye kynges of Englande and of Fraunce. 1550 R. Crowley sig. Bv Purchaisinge and prollynge for benefices. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 48 That I shold Purchase..for a little part, and vndo a great deale of Honour. View more context for this quotation 1674 Earl of Essex 17 Mar. (1770) 104 Mr. justice Jones purchased hard for it [sc.to be made chief Justice]. the world > action or operation > endeavour > [verb (reflexive)] a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Lamb.) (1887) i. 7344 On strong [emended in ed. to stronge] men, lotes þey kest, & byddem go purchace þem best, To seke oþer lond & lede. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich li. l. 331 Pharans purchased him that ilke day..that he hadde geten hym An Asse. II. To obtain; to gain possession of. 4. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] c1300 11000 Virgins (Laud) 32 in C. Horstmann (1887) 87 Þat huy [sc. Ursula] þe purchace [a1325 Corpus Cambr. wynne] clene maidenes with þe to habbe in þi boure. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 360 Corineus..wende alond to honti..Vor to porchassi [v.rr. porchase, porchasi, purchace, purchase] hom mete. c1390 G. Chaucer 1066 He hopeth..for to purchacen [v.rr. porchace, purche, purchase] muche richesse. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13867 He purchaced þorgh robberie men inouh & faire nauie. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. 5607 (MED) Þis cite..neuer may distroyed be By noon engyn þat men may purchase. 1491 in W. Kennedy (1818) II. 5 That nay chaplane..purches singularly ony service that may redounde to the profit of the haill college. a1500 (Rawl.) (1896) 105 (MED) Thay haddyn al the vytaill that Reymonde with ham had lefte, and also that thay purchasid [a1525 Trin. Dub. hadden..I-purchassed] sithenys..al spende. c1550 (1979) xi. 79 It sal be ane lang tyme or the romans can purches sa grit ane armye contrar ȝou. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault i. iv. 11 The water..purchaseth from the lead an euill qualitie. 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 314 If..two or three united Cantons purchase any bootie by their peculiar Armes. 1692 R. Howard Great Favourite in (ed. 2) ii. ii. 221 Wou'd he to purchase Honour, ruin mine? 1703 M. Martin 287 With these rude hooks, and a few sorry fishing lines, they purchas'd fish for their maintenance. 1728 in (1834) I. 322 I purchassed him for two years, the use of four considerable MSS. out of my Lord Malpas his library. 1787 J. Beattie 71 The swallow also for herself, hath purchased a nest. 1898 24 Sept. Dat sax men niver took wid i' der haands 'at wid purtchiz lines here da day. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor (1953) 221/2 Purchase,..to obtain, procure, get a required thing anyhow; no intention of payment is included. I must purchase some stones to-morrow, i.e. I must get building stones off some man's land. 1996 C. I. Macafee 264/1 Purchase,..obtain, acquire. the mind > possession > wealth > be rich [verb (intransitive)] > become rich c1387–95 G. Chaucer 608 He [sc. the Reve] koude bettre than his lord purchace. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 2001 (MED) So is Covoitise afaited To loke where he mai pourchace. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1342 (MED) Swilk men purchaces and gaders fast And fares als þis lyfe suld ay last. a1475 (c1441) in R. H. Robbins (1959) 177 I purchast fast from yere to yere, Of poore men I had no pite. a1500 tr. R. Rolle (Worcester) 32 (MED) Seestow nat how thei spille rather than purchace? 1623 J. Webster iv. i Were all of his mind, to entertain no suits But such they thought were honest, sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast. 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley i. sig. B1v Why should that Scrivener..Purchase perpetually, and I a rascall. society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > reach by sailing or arrive at 1589 R. Tomson in R. Hakluyt iii. 582 One of the shippes of our company..went that night with the land, thinking in the morning to purchase the port of S. Iohn de Vllua. 1621 R. Aylett Brides Ornaments i. in 116 Let true Faith direct my Supplication Vnto my Hope thy holy Habitation, That Port of blisse, purchas'd by thine owne Blood. 1665 J. Darell Pref. 12 The said ships proceeded and arrived in India purchasing Ports and places for Commerce. society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > issue officially > obtain document a1325 (2011) vii. 35 He þat is so desturbet ne sal habbe non nuede to purchasen þe writ quare impedit. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 29308 Þe seuent [curse] es of fals bullers..And qua þat euer has purchad [read purchased] taim; To penance bring þam to reclaym. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss (1873) II. 79 (MED) Whanne he cometh to his age, he may purchase the writ of the kyng after the usage of the toun. c1455 Quoniam Attachiamenta c. 35, in at Purchas(e This breff dois thre thingis til him that it purchasis. a1500 (Rawl.) (1896) 7 When Macmurgh hadd the kynges Letteres thus y-Purchasyd [a1525 Trin. Dub. y-purchasede]. 1534 in I. S. Leadam (1911) II. 319 Henry..of his vexacyus mynde purchased a writte of monstrauerunt in the Comen place ageynst the seid defendaunt. 1553 T. Becon (1563) 238 b All thoe yt purchasen letters of any Lordes court. 1628 in L. B. Taylor (1942) I. 286 Letters of captioun purcheist..aganes certane unfrie treddaris. 1665 in R. Renwick (1887) I. 249 The laird of Clakmannan, who purchast an act of parliament for repareing the same [bridge]. 1714 45 At the time when he did purchase the Writ, the Tenant was not known. 1760 G. Wallace I. vi. 312 He must purchase a brief of tutory out of the chancery. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. ii. 153 He could not alienate one acre without purchasing a licence. 1875 K. E. Digby v. 183 Purchasing a writ was the usual expression for commencing an action by suing out a writ, for which the usual fees must be paid, notwithstanding the provision of Magna Carta (c. 40), ‘Nulli vendemus..justitiam’. 1917 27 231 In both of these cases the court advises the plaintiff that he may, if he wish, purchase a writ of novel disseisin. 1996 82 680 Under early common law procedure, the plaintiff would first purchase a writ from the Chancery. 6. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by sacrifice or suffering 1340 (1866) 219 (MED) A guod ald wyf porchaceþ more of heuene ine one-lepi oure biddinde, þanne ssolde a þouzond knyȝtes..in lang time be hare armes. c1390 in C. Brown (1924) 129 (MED) With mekenes þou may heuene purchase. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich xliii. 476 (MED) Thus Ouercam he [sc. Christ] the devel Owtryht..and purchaced lif to Every Cristen Man. 1521–2 Cardnall Wolse l. 78 in F. J. Furnivall (1868) I. 335 Þat þou may purches hevyn [MS hevy] to mede. 1596 T. Lodge sig. Bv What a vaine thing is it, that such as are in authority should purchase a priuate delight by publike danger. 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta 55 Cæsar never spared for any labour by which he might hope to purchase renown and glory. 1680 T. Otway i. 1 The Honours he has gain'd are justly his; He purchas'd them in War. 1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens xx. 141 At length they all perish'd, and made the Japonese purchase their Death by the Loss of 3000 of their Soldiers. 1778 F. Burney III. xiv. 137 Dearly, indeed, do I purchase experience! 1809 T. Jefferson Let. 28 Jan. in (1984) 1199 Bonaparte..will look immediately to the Spanish colonies, and think our neutrality cheaply purchased by a repeal of the illegal parts of his decrees. 1871 E. A. Freeman IV. xviii. 183 The victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon. 1911 18 354/2 The emperor K'ien-lung..attacked the Miaotsze, who..were compelled to purchase peace by swearing allegiance to their conquerors. 1991 D. Halberstam iii. 70 Arguably that was artificial..strength purchased at the expense of real strength. society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. viii. 173 Ȝe Maister Iuges..han þe welþe of þis world..To purchasen [v.r. purchace; c1400 B text purchace ȝow] pardoun and þe popes Bulles. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 32 (MED) Porchace ȝow prouendres while ȝoure pans lasteþ. 1455 in A. Clark (1914) 76 (MED) I..haue appoynted xx li. of lyvelod to be purchased with the said Issues and profutes. 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Spirituall Husbandry i. in tr. f. 63 Haue our bagges with siluer full, to purchase Lordly landes, Or Iewels great. 1584 B. Rich II. sig. Miiv The Manner I haue by my siluer purchased. 1611 Gen. xxv. 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sonnes of Heth. View more context for this quotation 1683 41 That dear Night..had made me disburse sufficient to have purchased those two above mentioned Women. a1727 I. Newton (1728) v. 339 He that received money of the People for purchasing things for the Sacrifices. 1765 W. Blackstone I. iv. 214 To buy wool for her majesty's use, to purchase oyl for her lamps. 1816 J. Austen III. vi. 88 I really must talk to him about purchasing a donkey. View more context for this quotation 1836 C. Dickens (1837) ii. 14 ‘We must purchase our tickets,’ said Mr. Tupman. 1890 A. Jessopp iv. 173 A brief report was published, and may be purchased now for a song. 1922 J. Joyce iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 572 Not as much as a farthing to purchase a night's lodgings. 1960 85 89 Cost can also be reduced by purchasing small specimens and growing on. 2006 (Nexis) 11 July 15 He and his parents had purchased the building in 1980 for $400,000. ?1532 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch (new ed.) iiii. sig. C The money whiche shulde purchace his son lerninge, beinge enployed on a slaue, maketh his son for lacke of lerninge, to be of lyke estate or condicion. 1694 R. Thoresby (1830) I. 268 Jannock bread and clap-cakes the best that gold could purchase. 1733 J. Tull xi. 65 As much of the middle Sort of Wheat as his Money would reach to Purchase. 1750 III. Job xxviii. 15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. 1776 A. Smith I. i. viii. 105 The money price of labour is determined by what is requisite for purchasing this quantity. View more context for this quotation 1805 M. G. Lewis tr. J. H. D. Zschokke ii. vi. 214 Will ten thousand sequins purchase your departure from the republic? 1819 W. Scott II. x. 167 Gold will purchase you pleasure. 1866 14 June 5/4 £11,000..will purchase a good farm. 1916 G. B. Shaw p. xciv Such pleasures as money can purchase are suppressed. 1972 18 Nov. 4/4 The money purchased 8,150 hampers. 2001 (Nexis) 23 Dec. All that a platinum credit card can purchase. 1649 No. 9. 100 The Plaine Table, a work most necessary to be known and practised by every man, who intends either to sell or purchase. 1742 H. Fielding II. iii. xii. 165 I have injured myself by purchasing. I have been too liberal of my Money. View more context for this quotation 1850 T. S. Arthur 50 He purchased largely and had the goods forwarded before he left the city. 1886 R. L. Stevenson x. 111 I purchased at once, from a firm of wholesale chemists. 1904 R. M. Williamson x. 77 The great public libraries where..books are lent out for hire to those who wish to read but cannot purchase. 1975 14 Jan. 12/6 (advt.) Wanted. Large run-down school..High tax losses an inducement to purchase. 2006 (Nexis) June It would be prudent to hold off on your plan to purchase unless you can add the income of your spouse. society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > acquire other than by inheritance c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring (1891) lxviii. 41 (MED) Hij shul wonen þer, and hij shul purchasen [L. acquirent] it in heritage. 1376 in L. Morsbach (1923) 1 (MED) Sir Renaud of Remmesbury þurchacede [read purchacede] certayn londes in Portone to him and his heires. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 71v Þe fadir..purchasiþ lond & heritage for his children [L. acquirere..non desistit]. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford (1940) 20796 (MED) Kyng arthur..said he had in wille and hope Til him to purchace [L. sibi subdere] alle europe. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) i. 433 Ga purches land quhar-euer he may For tharoff haffys he nane perfay. a1500 (Rawl.) (1896) 31 (MED) He..besoght hym..yeue hym leue to do hym in aduenture, londe for to Purchase in vnkyd land. 1503–4 c. 15 §4 Yf eny bondeman purches eny landes..in fee symple. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iv. 14 His faults in him..Hereditarie, Rather then purchaste . View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini ii. lxxxv. 369 This noble Family, wherein learning seems rather to be hereditary, then purchas'd by long study. 1987 B. A. Garner 453/1 Purchase = to acquire real property other than by descent. Thus in a very technical legal parlance, gifts are purchased by those who receive them. III. To haul in, haul up. Cf. purchase n. III.society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work tackle 1567 xii. 29 May [Commission is awarded]..to recover, purchase, wey and bring to lande one sonken or wrecked shipp. 1610 Let. 30 Jan. in F. C. Danvers (1896) i. 52 The weather..permitted us not to purchase or weigh our anchors. a1625 H. Mainwaring (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) To Purchase Wee call the gaining or coming in of a Roape by our haling of it in with our handes, or heauing of it in at ye Capstaine or otherwise Purchasing; as the Capstaine doth purchase apace, that it drawes in the cabell apace, or the Tackles doe purchase. 1692 (new ed.) i. xvi. 80 To Purchase, in a Ship bears the same sense as draw many times, as the Capstain purchases apace, that is, draws in the Cable apace. 1711 W. Sutherland 141 Pendants of the Main and Foremast ought to be as big as the Shrowds, since they purchace a great Weight of Boats and Anchors. 1726 G. Shelvocke v. 180 In purchasing the anchor, the cable parted, and I lost it. 1791 J. Smeaton iii. i. 82 In this situation a strong hawser..being passed under one of the arms of the anchor,..the whole suspension was in that manner purchased. 1834 F. Marryat I. ii. 22 Purchase the anchor I could not; I therefore slipped the cable. 1839 2 158/1 An improved capstan and winch for purchasing or raising ship's anchors, without the application of a messenger. 1862 in (U.S. Naval War Rec. Office) (1898) 1st Ser. VII. 221 From 9 to 10 purchased our anchor. At 11 let it go again. 1985 P. Clissold (ed. 3) 222 Purchase, to raise or move any heavy body by means of mechanical powers, as a tackle, windlass, etc. 1992 B. Unsworth xxxi. 303 Thurso ordered sail to be got up and all to be made ready for purchasing anchor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1325v.c1300 |
