These are the meanings of the letters EUHRCPAS when you unscramble them.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To buy for a price.
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Purchase (v. t.)
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
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Purchase (v. i.)
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
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Purchase (v. i.)
To acquire wealth or property.
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Purchase (v. t.)
The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
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Purchase (v. t.)
The act of seeking and acquiring property.
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Purchase (v. t.)
The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
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Purchase (v. t.)
That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
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Purchase (v. t.)
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
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Purchase (v. t.)
Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
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Purchase (v. t.)
Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.