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purchasing

purchasing

4 2.3
Buying goods or services with money
  • noun
  • /ˈpɜrʧəsɪŋ/
translation icon : compra
  • Yeah, my question today is regarding purchasing a used car.
  • Purchasing Managers
  • Purchasing Management
  • Purchasing from multiple vendors

You know, many Americans struggle with insurance purchasing, and I'm one of them.

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Examples

  • I am guilty of purchasing a few shoes.

  • Now when purchasing a switch there were three key things to consider.

  • You know, many Americans struggle with insurance purchasing, and I'm one of them.

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  • Would it be advantageous to look into purchasing my own building?

  • Purchasing services for outdoor trips and making bookings online is another thing they often prefer to do.

    Blog text (22)

  • Purchasing publisher packages is a highly efficient method for acquiring e-books that can target broad or specific subject disciplines.

    Academic text (2015)

  • I am excited about purchasing a new laptop for school this semester.

  • After careful consideration, she decided to delay purchasing a new smartphone.

  • The process of purchasing a house can be overwhelming for first-time buyers.

Synonyms

purchase
vspurchasing
219 1.1

An act of buying something that you pay money for

is the general act without stressing completion
acquisition
vspurchasing
147 4.6

Getting something to own, often by buying, like a company or a painting

is specifically about getting by payment not all ways of obtaining
buying
vspurchasing
89 1.0

Paying money to get something

is the same action expressed with a different common wording
procurement
vspurchasing
  • Specialized
34 6.5

The process of buying goods or services for businesses and governments

is the simple act of getting by payment rather than a formal process

Antonyms

selling
9 1.0

Exchanging goods or services for money

Compounds

purchasing department
1 3.0

A team in a company that buys goods and services it needs

purchasing agent
1 4.1

A person who buys goods or services for a company

purchasing agent
  • Specialized
4.1

A computer program that automatically buys goods or services for a company

How Often

custom
38 3.4
purchasing
4 2.3
one-off
8 5.6

Surface Forms

purchasing singular
purchasings plural

Morphology

purchasing = purchase (transparent) = purchase + ing

The noun 'purchasing' is transparently derived from the verb 'purchase' using the standard '-ing' suffix.

Etymology

The word purchasing comes from purchase, which once meant 'to chase' or 'to seek' something and is like the word chase. So, think of buying as chasing an item to get it, and purchasing is the act of buying.