buy (v)
purchase (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 40
def obtain by purchase
def acquire by means of a financial transaction
examples The family purchased a new car
The conglomerate acquired a new company
She buys for the big department store
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 16 Somebody ----s something from somebody
Outgoing links
Verb Group buy
Entailment pay; choose, take, select, pick out
Hypernym get, acquire
Domain of synset - TOPIC commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Derivationally related form purchase → purchase; purchase → purchase
Derivationally related form purchase → purchaser; purchase → purchasing
Derivationally related form buy → buy
Derivationally related form buy → buyer; buy → buying
Antonym buy → sell
Also see buy → buy in; buy → buy out
Also see buy → buy up
Hyponym buy back, repurchase; take; get; subscribe, subscribe to, take; take over, buy out, buy up; pick up; take out, buy food; impulse-buy
Incoming links
Derivationally related form purchase → purchase; purchase → purchase
Derivationally related form purchasing → purchase; purchaser → purchase
Derivationally related form buying → buy; buyer → buy
Member of this domain - TOPIC commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Derivationally related form buy → buy
Hypernym buy back, repurchase; take; get; subscribe, subscribe to, take; take over, buy out, buy up; pick up; take out, buy food; impulse-buy
Hyponym get, acquire
Antonym sell → buy
Entailment trade, merchandise; save; shop; check out
Verb Group buy

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