Substantiv
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The act or process of seeking and obtaining something.
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An individual item one has purchased.
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The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
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That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
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That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
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Uncountable Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
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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.
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Rock climbing, uncountable The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
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Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
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Verb
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To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
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To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
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To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
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To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
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To apply to anything a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
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To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
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To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
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