purcase - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 acquire by payment; buy.
2 obtain or achieve at some cost.
3 Naut. haul up (an anchor etc.) by means of a pulley, lever, etc.

--n.

1 the act or an instance of buying.
2 something bought.
3 Law the acquisition of property by one's personal action and not by inheritance.
4 a a firm hold on a thing to move it or to prevent it from slipping; leverage. b a device or tackle for moving heavy objects.
5 the annual rent or return from land.

purchase tax Brit. hist. a tax on goods bought, levied at higher rates for non-essential or luxury goods.

purchasable adj. purchaser n. [ME f. AF purchacer, OF pourchacier seek to obtain (as PUR-, CHASE(1))]

purcase - {adj.} Simply stated; basic. - Follows the noun it modifies and is used for emphasis. * /The problem, pure and simple, is finding a baby-sitter./ * /The question, pure and simple, is whether you will support me./ Compare: BOIL DOWN(3).

purcase - See: AT CROSS PURPOSES, ON PURPOSE, TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.

purcase - See: LINE ONE'S POCKETS also LINE ONE'S PURSE.

purcase - {n.} Care or control of money. * /Dad holds the purse strings in our family./ * /The treasurer refused to let go of the club's purse strings./

purcase - prefix = PRO-(1) (purchase; pursue). [AF f. OF por-, pur-, pour- f. L por-, pro-]