The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Verb
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer ("seek to obtain") from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chacer. Compare Old French porchacier ("to follow, to chase"), which has given French pourchasser ("to chase without relent").
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