Purchase

per'ches, v. [-chased (-chest); -chas- ing.] To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy; to obtain by any outlay. n. Acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for an equivalent; a thing bought;jht; prproperty; po e ion; acquisition any mechanical hold, advantage, power, or force applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies. [OF. purchaser, to acquire, pur- (= F. pour, L. pro), for, and cha er, to chase.] —Purchase money. The amount paid for property or anything bought.— Pur'chaser, n. — Pur'chasable, a. Capable of being, etc. venal corrupt.