HOW TO PRONOUNCE
purchase
/ˈpɝtʃəs/
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Stress “pur” and listen for the “ch” of “chair.”
Begin with a strong r-colored vowel. Keep the second vowel light, finishing with an unvoiced s rather than a voiced z.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“They confirmed the purchase by email.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does purchase mean?
noun
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- 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.
More meanings (15)
noun
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- (figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- 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.
- The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
- (dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
verb
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Harrison, New York.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɝtʃəs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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How unluckily it happened that I should purchase the day before for a little part, and undo a great deal of honour!
Why does she send out to purchase six sheets of note paper, when she has a “whole stationer’s shop full of it?”
More book examples (3)
This proposal was most favourable, as I obtained the advantage of a fee-simple purchase without having to sink capital in the land.
It is used as a market for the purchase and sale of various articles, but there were no goods exposed for sale.
With a political prescience and broad patriotism they overstepped all authority and concluded the treaty for the purchase of this magnificent domain.