Purchase vs. Purchasing

Purchase vs. Purchasing — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Purchase and Purchasing

Purchaseverb

To obtain in exchange for money or its equivalent; buy.

Purchasingverb

To obtain in exchange for money or its equivalent; buy.

Purchaseverb

To acquire by effort; earn

purchased the victory with the loss of many lives.

Purchasingverb

To acquire by effort; earn

purchased the victory with the loss of many lives.

Purchaseverb

To pull or haul by means of a mechanical device, such as a winch.

Purchasingverb

To pull or haul by means of a mechanical device, such as a winch.

Purchasenoun

The act or an instance of buying

the sudden purchase of a car.

Purchasingnoun

The act or an instance of buying

the sudden purchase of a car.

Purchasenoun

Something bought

That hat was a wise purchase.

Purchasingnoun

Something bought

That hat was a wise purchase.

Purchasenoun

A hold or position that allows the application of power, as in moving something

got a purchase for her foot and climbed up.

Purchasingnoun

A hold or position that allows the application of power, as in moving something

got a purchase for her foot and climbed up.

Purchasenoun

A device, such as a pulley, used to obtain mechanical advantage.

Purchasingnoun

A device, such as a pulley, used to obtain mechanical advantage.

Purchasenoun

A means or advantage that allows the increase of power or influence.

Purchasingnoun

A means or advantage that allows the increase of power or influence.

Purchasenoun

(obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)

Purchasingnoun

An act or process of making a purchase.

Purchasenoun

An individual item one has purchased.

Purchasingnoun

A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.

Purchasenoun

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.

Purchasingnoun

A part of an organization that manages such processes

Purchasenoun

That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

Purchasingnoun

the act of buying;

buying and selling fill their daysshrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge

Purchasenoun

That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

He was pleased with his latest purchase.

Purchasenoun

(uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.

It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.

Purchasenoun

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.

Purchasenoun

The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.

Purchasenoun

Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Purchasenoun

A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.

Purchaseverb

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

Purchaseverb

To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.

to purchase land, to purchase a house

Purchaseverb

To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.

to purchase favor with flattery

Purchaseverb

To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Purchaseverb

To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.

to purchase a cannon

Purchaseverb

To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.

Purchaseverb

To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution

Purchasenoun

the acquisition of something for payment;

they closed the purchase with a handshake

Purchasenoun

something acquired by purchase

Purchasenoun

a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage;

he could get no purchase on the situation

Purchasenoun

the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

Purchaseverb

obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction;

The family purchased a new carThe conglomerate acquired a new companyShe buys for the big department store