🛒 To buy early 🎟️ Advance purchase ℹ️ Before buying

prepurchase

1 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

1 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

1 4.6

large purchase

5 2.8

purchase

348 1.1

to impulse-buy

5 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.