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purchase

/ˈpɝtʃəs/

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American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
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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

  1. The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
  2. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
  3. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
More meanings (15)

noun

  1. A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
  2. (figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
  3. 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.
  4. The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
  5. (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
  6. (dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

verb

  1. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
  2. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
  3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
  4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
  5. 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.
  6. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
  7. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in Harrison, New York.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɝtʃəs/

Pronunciation used in the listening tip.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpɜɹ.tʃəs/
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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!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Why does she send out to purchase six sheets of note paper, when she has a “whole stationer’s shop full of it?”
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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This proposal was most favourable, as I obtained the advantage of a fee-simple purchase without having to sink capital in the land.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
It is used as a market for the purchase and sale of various articles, but there were no goods exposed for sale.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609
With a political prescience and broad patriotism they overstepped all authority and concluded the treaty for the purchase of this magnificent domain.
Edward Sylvester EllisThomas Jefferson, a Character SketchProject Gutenberg ebook #712