In a sentence
Six example sentences with purchase, each labelled with its topic.
His first purchase was a secondhand body with a scratched sensor, bought for less than a decent lens hood.
Photography
The fund logged the purchase at Monday's closing price, then wrote down the position twice before the quarter ended.
Finance
The museum announced the purchase of a small Vermeer, paid for by three donors who asked to stay anonymous.
Art
A single in-game purchase of a cosmetic skin now earns the studio more than the original disc ever did.
Gaming
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 cost seven million dollars, and newspapers mocked it as a frozen waste for years.
History
Economists track every large purchase of durable goods, since a family buying a washing machine signals confidence about next year.
Economics
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Found in 9 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains purchase. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.