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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːtʃɪs/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpəːtʃəs/
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• General-American: /ˈpɜɹ.tʃəs/
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• Australian: /ˈpɜːtʃəs/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /ˈpøːtʃəs/
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• Scotland: /ˈpʌɾtʃəs/
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• /ˈpeːtʃəs/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /ˈpɛːtʃəs/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER1 CH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).

248 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شِرَاء (širāʔ) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Arabic: اِشْتِرَاء (ištirāʔ) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Armenian: գնում (gnum) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Bashkir: һатып алыу (hatıp alıw) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Belarusian: паку́пка (pakúpka) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Belarusian: ку́пля (kúplja) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Bulgarian: поку́пка (pokúpka) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Catalan: compra — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Chinese Mandarin: 購買 /购买 (gòumǎi) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Czech: nákup — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Dutch: aankoop — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Dutch: aanschaf — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Dutch: verwerving — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Esperanto: aĉeto — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Finnish: osto — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Finnish: hankinta — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• French: achat — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• French: acquisition — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• North Frisian: kuup — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Galician: compra — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Galician: adquisición — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Georgian: შეძენა (šeʒena) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Georgian: ყიდვა (q̇idva) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• German: Einkauf — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• German: Kauf — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• German: Anschaffung — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Greek: αγορά (agorá) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Ancient Greek: ὤνησις (ṓnēsis) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Gujarati: ખરચો (kharco) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hindi: क्रय (kray) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hungarian: vásárlás — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hungarian: megvásárlás — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hungarian: vétel — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hungarian: megvétel — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hungarian: adásvétel — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Hungarian: beszerzés — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Indonesian: pembelian — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Ingrian: osto — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Irish: ceannach — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Old Irish: creicc — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Italian: compra — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Italian: acquisto — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Japanese: 購入 (kōnyū) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Japanese: 購買 (kōbai) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Kapampangan: sali — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Kapampangan: saluan — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Kapampangan: salwan — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Korean: 구매 (gumae) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Korean: 구입 (gu'ip) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Latin: emptiō — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Macedonian: купување (kupuvanje) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Malay: pembelian — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Manx: kionnaghey — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Māori: hokonga — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Norman: acat — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøp — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Norwegian Bokmål: anskaffelse — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Persian: خرید (xarid) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Persian: خریداری (xaridâri) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Polish: kupno — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Polish: zakup — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Portuguese: compra — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Portuguese: compras — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Portuguese: aquisição — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Romanian: cumpărare — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Romanian: achiziție — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Russian: поку́пка (pokúpka) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Russian: приобрете́ние (priobreténije) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Russian: ку́пля (kúplja) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Russian: ку́пля-прода́жа (kúplja-prodáža) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannach — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Slovak: nákup — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Slovene: nakup — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Lower Sorbian: nakup — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Spanish: compra — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Spanish: adquisición — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Spanish: merca — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Swedish: köp — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Tajik: харид (xarid) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Ukrainian: купі́вля (kupívlja) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Ukrainian: купува́ння (kupuvánnja) — the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price
• Arabic: مُشْتَرًى (muštaran) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Arabic: مُشْتَرَيَات (muštarayāt) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Armenian: գնում (gnum) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Bulgarian: поку́пка (pokúpka) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Czech: koupě — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Dutch: aankoop — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Dutch: aanwinst — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Dutch: koop — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Esperanto: aĉetaĵo — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Finnish: ostos — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• French: achat — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• French: acquisition — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• German: Kauf — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• German: Anschaffung — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Greek: ψώνια (psónia) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Ancient Greek: ὤνημα (ṓnēma) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Gujarati: ખરચો (kharco) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Hungarian: megvásárolt/beszerzett áru/tárgy/dolog/holmi — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Ingrian: ostooma — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Italian: compravendita — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Korean: 구입품 (gu'ip'pum) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Korean: 교환물 (gyohwanmul) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Latin: emptum — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Malay: pembelian — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Māori: hokonga — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Norman: acat — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøp — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Norwegian Bokmål: anskaffelse — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Portuguese: aquisição — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Portuguese: compra — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Russian: ку́пленная вещь (kúplennaja veščʹ) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Russian: приобрете́ние (priobreténije) — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannach — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Slovak: nákup — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Slovak: kúpa — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Slovene: nakup — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Spanish: adquisición — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Spanish: compra — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Swedish: köp — that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent
• Bulgarian: придоби́вка (pridobívka) — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Dutch: gewin — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Dutch: aanwinst — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Hungarian: szerzemény — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Hungarian: fogás — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Ingrian: ostooma — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Italian: acquisizione — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Korean: 획득물 (hoekdeungmul) — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Russian: добы́тая вещь (dobýtaja veščʹ) — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Russian: приобрете́ние (priobreténije) — that which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly
• Hungarian: fogás — any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies
• Korean: 기중기 (gijunggi) — any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies
• Korean: 지렛대 (jiretdae) — any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies
• Russian: подъёмник (podʺjómnik) — any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies
• Bulgarian: поде́мник (podémnik) — the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
• Hungarian: emelőrúd — the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
• Hungarian: emelő — the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
• Hungarian: emelőszerkezet — the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
• Korean: 증력 장치 (jeungnyeok jangchi) — the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
• Russian: подъёмник (podʺjómnik) — the apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained
• Hungarian: fogás — the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge
• Hungarian: kapaszkodó — the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge
• Hungarian: támasz — the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge
• Korean: 홀드 (holdeu) — the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge
• Slovene: oprijem — the amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge
• Dutch: verwerving — acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
• Dutch: aanschaf — acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
• Finnish: hankinta — acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
• Korean: 부동산 취득 (budongsan chwideuk) — acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
• Norwegian Bokmål: overdragelse — acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
• Norwegian Bokmål: ervervelse — acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance
• Ainu: ホㇰ (hok) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Arabic: اِشْتَرَى (ištarā) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Armenian: գնել (gnel) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Armenian: առնել (aṙnel) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Azerbaijani: əldə etmək — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Azerbaijani: almaq — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Bashkir: һатып алыу (hatıp alıw) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Bulgarian: купувам (kupuvam) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Chinese Mandarin: 購買 /购买 (gòumǎi) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Dutch: aanschaffen — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Dutch: aankopen — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Dutch: verwerven — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Esperanto: aĉeti — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Finnish: ostaa — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• French: acheter — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Galician: mercar — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• German: kaufen — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• German: anschaffen — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• German: erwerben — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• German: erstehen — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Ancient Greek: ἀγοράζω (agorázō) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Ancient Greek: ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Hindi: क्रय (kray) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Hungarian: vásárol — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Hungarian: megvásárol — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Hungarian: vesz — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Hungarian: megvesz — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Italian: acquistare — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Korean: 사다 (sada) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Korean: 구입하다 (gu'iphada) — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Latin: emō — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Latvian: pirkt — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Lithuanian: pirkti — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Māori: hoko — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Norwegian: kjøpe — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Norwegian: anskaffe — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Norwegian: erverve — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Portuguese: comprar — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Romanian: cumpăra — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannaich — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Slovak: kúpiť — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Slovene: kupiti — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Spanish: comprar — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Spanish: mercar — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Swedish: köpa — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Tagalog: mamili — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Tocharian B: käry- — to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price — see also buy
• Bulgarian: придобивам (pridobivam) — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Czech: koupit — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Czech: sehnat — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Dutch: verwerven — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Dutch: bekomen — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Finnish: hankkia — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• French: acquérir — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: szerez — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: beszerez — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: megszerez — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: kerít — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Korean: 얻다 (eotda) — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Korean: 쟁취하다 (jaengchwihada) — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Norwegian: erverve — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Polish: nabyć — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Russian: приобрета́ть (priobretátʹ) — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Russian: покупа́ть (pokupátʹ) — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Slovak: zohnať — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Swedish: köpa — to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain or acquire
• Czech: získat — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Dutch: verwerven — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Dutch: winnen — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Dutch: gewinnen — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Finnish: hankkia — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Hungarian: szerez — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Hungarian: megszerez — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Hungarian: elnyer — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Korean: 얻다 (eotda) — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Korean: 획득하다 (hoekdeukhada) — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Norwegian: sikre seg — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Norwegian: erverve — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Norwegian: kjøpe seg — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Slovak: získať — to obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger or sacrifice
• Dutch: afkopen — to expiate by a fine or forfeit
• Hungarian: jóvátesz — to expiate by a fine or forfeit
• Korean: 납부하다 (napbuhada) — to expiate by a fine or forfeit
• Hungarian: megemel — to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage
• Hungarian: felemel — to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage
• Korean: 증력 장치를 쓰다 (jeungnyeok jangchi-reul sseuda) — to apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage
• Dutch: nastreven — to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself
• Hungarian: küzd — to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself
• Hungarian: megküzd — to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself
• Hungarian: megerőlteti magát — to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself
• Korean: 노력하다 (noryeokhada) — to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself
• Korean: 고생하다 (gosaenghada) — to put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself
• Dutch: (kunnen) kopen — to constitute the buying power for a purchase
• Dutch: waard zijn — to constitute the buying power for a purchase
• Korean: 매수하다 (maesuhada) — to constitute the buying power for a purchase
• Slovene: kupiti — to constitute the buying power for a purchase