Difference between Purchase and Acquire

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: NOUN

The acquisition of something for payment
A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
The acquisition of position, promotion, etc., by the payment of money. See purchase system, below.
Course; way; departure.
Attempt; endeavor.
Value; advantage; worth: as, to buy an estate at twenty years' purchase (that is, at a price equal to twenty times its annual value, or the total return from it for twenty years).
The suing out and obtaining of a writ.
The acquisition of property by contract.
In law: The act of obtaining or acquiring an estate in lands, etc., in any manner other than by inheritance or escheat.
Prey; booty; plunder; hence, ill-gotten gain or wealth.
That which is acquired or obtained otherwise than by inheritance; gain; acquisitions; winnings; specifically, that which is obtained by the payment of money or its equivalent.
Acquisition; the obtaining or procuring of something by effort, labor, sacrifice, work, conquest, art, etc., or by the payment of money or its equivalent; procurement; acquirement.
Something acquired by purchase
The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
The act or an instance of buying.
Something bought.
A hold or position that allows the application of power, as in moving something.
A device, such as a pulley, used to obtain mechanical advantage.
A means or advantage that allows the increase of power or influence.
Means of acquisition or gain; occupation.
Firm or advantageous hold by which power may be exerted; specifically, any mechanical power, force, or contrivance which may be advantageously used in moving, raising, or removing heavy bodies; in nautical use, a tackle of any kind for multiplying power.
Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
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.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
The act of seeking and acquiring property.
The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
A knob or raised thumb-piece, allowing the hand which holds the handle to throw back the hinged cover of a tankard, beer-mug, or similar vessel.

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: VERB

Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

To get.
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Acquire or gain knowledge or skills
Gain through experience
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
Win something through one's efforts
Gain knowledge or skills

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To acquire wealth or property.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: TRANSITIVE VERB

To pull or haul by means of a mechanical device, such as a winch.
To acquire by effort; earn.
To obtain in exchange for money or its equivalent; buy.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc..
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
To buy for a price.
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.

To gain through experience; come by.
To get by one's own efforts.
To gain possession of.
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
To locate (a target) with an aiming device or a tracking system, such as radar.

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: OTHER WORD TYPES

Nautical, to draw in the cable: as, the capstan purchases apace.
To acquire wealth.
To bring something about; manage.
Obtain by purchase
To put forth efforts to obtain anything; strive.
To steal.
[⟨ purchase, n., 10.] To apply a purchase to; raise or move by mechanical power: as, to purchase an anchor.
To gain, obtain, or acquire; secure, procure, or obtain in any way other than by inheritance or by payment of money or its equivalent; especially, to secure or obtain by effort, labor, risk, sacrifice, etc.: as, to purchase peace by concessions; to purchase favor with flattery.
To secure, procure, or obtain by expenditure of money or its equivalent; buy: as, to purchase provisions, lands, or houses.
To expiate or recompense by a fine or forfeit.

To get or gain, the object being something which is more or less permanent, or which becomes vested or inherent in the subject: as, to acquire a title, estate, learning, habits, skill, dominion, etc.; to acquire a stammer; sugar acquires a brown color by being burned.

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: RELATED WORDS

Buyer, Obtain, Repurchase, Price, Selling, Acquisition, Procure, Buys, Bought, Acquire, Buying, Sale, Sell, Leverage, Buy

Purchased, Acquisitions, Obtain, Procure, Buy, Purchase, Acquisition, Take on, Get, Take, Adopt, Grow, Assume, Produce, Develop

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: DESCRIBE WORDS

Acquired, Payment, Acquiring, Transaction, Buyer, Obtain, Repurchase, Price, Selling, Acquisition, Bought, Acquire, Sale, Sell, Buy

Establish, Extract, Provide, Equip, Build, Purchased, Obtain, Buy, Purchase, Acquisition, Take on, Get, Take, Grow, Develop

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

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The readiness and willingness of a person to purchase real property may be shown only by an offer to purchase from that person.
While you cannot purchase insurance through American Memorial directly, you can purchase them through Assurant Global Preneed, which is their parent company.
The purchase is infrequent, moreover, for Bradford family is first that kind of purchase, so this emphasizes the aspect even more.
If this request is part of the purchase agreement, the agent must submit an amendment to the original purchase contract.
Purchase of replacement batteries or other ancillary equipment, except those covered under terms of the initial hearing aid purchase.
Purchase or to exchange contracts for the purchase of the property.
For modification or alteration of a purchase contract, the parties may execute an improved purchase agreement.
Purchase requisitions, also called purchase request forms, are processed internally in order to approve proposed spending.
Thus, preferences and even purchase intentions do not always lead to actual purchase choice.

Do we acquire it through thinking and reasoning?
One does not acquire a behaviour pattern spontaneously.
LKQ Corporation to Acquire Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc.
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Company and their decision to acquire the Units.
To acquire or merge with any other company.
Myers Squibb will acquire privately held Amira Pharmaceuticals.
Anyone who wants to acquire a new skill.
And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.
Aldi still has to acquire permits for renovations and acquire a business tax receipt from the City in order to open its doors.

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: QUESTIONS

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How did the Federalists try to block the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase?
When was the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase ratified?
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Why did some oppose the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase?
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Was Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Purchase constitutional?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PURCHASE AND ACQUIRE

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: NOUN

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: VERB

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: INTRANSITIVE VERB

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: TRANSITIVE VERB

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: OTHER WORD TYPES

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: RELATED WORDS

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: DESCRIBE WORDS

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

PURCHASE vs ACQUIRE: QUESTIONS