Origin of Purchase
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From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain") from pur- (Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue"). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase"), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English purchasen to pursue, purchase from Old French purchacier pur- forth (from Latin prō- per1 in Indo-European roots) chacier to chase chase1
See AlsoWhat is Pre-Sales Activities & Process with ExampleWants vs Needs {And How To Tell The Difference}The 6 key steps of the purchasing process7 Steps of the Decision-Making ProcessFrom American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Purchase Sentence Examples
They would purchase a few things for Christmas tomorrow.
Later he took her to town to purchase a car.
His greatest work in this period was the purchase of Alaska from Russia, in 1867.
It was presumptuous of him to purchase them.
She should take him up on his offer to purchase a car for her.
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