Definitions
Purchasing - as a noun
The act of buying
Example: "Buying and selling fill their days"
Purchasing - as a verb
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
Example: "To purchase land, to purchase a house"
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.
Example: "To purchase favor with flattery"
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.
Example: "To purchase a cannon"
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
Example: "Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution"
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Word Game Points
PURCHASING has a SCRABBLE points total of 18.
PURCHASING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 22.
PURCHASING has a WORDFEUD points total of 22.
