🛒 To buy early ℹ️ Before buying 🎟️ Advance purchase

prepurchase

4.6

Relating to information or actions that happen before you buy something

adjective
/ˌpriːˈpɜːrʧəs/

: previo a la compra

Customers can request a prepurchase inspection before committing to buy a used car.

Examples

The website provides detailed prepurchase information about each product.
She completed a prepurchase checklist before buying the house.
Many buyers appreciate prepurchase advice to help them choose the right item.
The prepurchase information was very helpful.
Customers can request a prepurchase inspection before committing to buy a used car.
The website provides detailed prepurchase information about each product.
She completed a prepurchase checklist before buying the house.

Synonyms

presale

vsprepurchase

3.7

Available before the public sale for certain people

is about actions or information that happen before buying

predecision

vsprepurchase

7.3

Happening before a decision, about preparations or information

is limited to actions before buying rather than any decision

How Planned

prepurchase

4.6

large purchase

2 2.8

purchase

219 1.1

to impulse-buy

1 4.4

Surface Forms

prepurchase positive

Morphology

prepurchase = purchase (transparent) = pre + purchase

The prefix 'pre-' clearly adds the meaning 'before', so the adjective is readily understood as referring to something occurring before a purchase.

Etymology

Prepurchase combines pre- meaning 'before' and purchase meaning 'buy', so as an adjective it describes information, checks, or conditions that happen before you buy something.