Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Purchase

Nouns
  • purchase, emption
  • buying, purchasing, shopping
  • preemption, refusal. coemption, bribery
  • slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee
  • patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.
Verbs
  • buy, purchase, invest in, procure
  • rent etc. (hire) Borrowing
  • repurchase, buy in. keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn
  • pay etc. Payment
  • spend etc. Expenditure. make a purchase, complete a purchase
  • buy over the counter. shop, market, go shopping.
Adjectives
  • purchased etc. v..
Phrases
  • caveat emptor
  • the customer is always right.