I.
noun
1 buying sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ cash
▪ credit
▪ online
▪
Make sure all online ~s are made through a secure server.
▪ bulk
▪
the bulk ~ of paper
▪ outright
▪
Companies are moving away from outright ~ of company cars to leasing.
▪ compulsory ( BrE )
▪
The council applied for a compulsory ~ order on the the tennis courts.
▪ advance
▪ hire (= a method of buying an article by making regular payments for it over several months or years) ( BrE )
▪
He entered a hire ~ agreement with a car dealer.
▪ arms , equipment , home , house , land , share
PURCHASE + NOUN
▪ price
▪ tax
▪ order
PHRASES
▪ the cost of ~
▪
You can resell books and cut the original cost of ~.
▪ the date of ~ , the time of ~
▪
I did not notice the defects at the time of ~.
▪ the place of ~ , the point of ~
▪
Ticket holders should return to the point of ~ for a refund.
▪ proof of ~
▪
Keep your receipt as proof of ~.
2 sth bought
ADJECTIVE
▪ big-ticket ( AmE ), expensive , large , major
▪
big-ticket ~s such as cars or refrigerators
▪ impulse
▪
Consumers make a lot of impulse ~s.
▪ consumer
▪
The company uses software to analyze consumer ~s.
VERB + PURCHASE
▪ make
▪
some ways to encourage customers to make a ~
▪ pay for
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ newly , recently
▪ compulsorily ( BrE )
▪
The land was compulsorily ~d from the owner to make way for the new road.
▪ online
▪
Tickets can be ~d online.
VERB + PURCHASE
▪ agree to , be willing to
▪ wish to
▪ can afford to , cannot afford to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They ~d the land for $1 million.
▪ from
▪
They ~d the house from an elderly couple.
Purchase is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ art , ↑ asset , ↑ bond , ↑ coverage , ↑ electricity , ↑ equipment , ↑ goods , ↑ home , ↑ insurance , ↑ land , ↑ membership , ↑ merchandise , ↑ painting , ↑ product , ↑ property , ↑ right , ↑ security , ↑ share , ↑ site , ↑ stock , ↑ subscription , ↑ ticket , ↑ warranty