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Translate purchase into Spanish
1Acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.
2Nautical
Haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever.
1mass noun The action of buying something.
2mass noun Firm contact or grip.
Middle English from Old French pourchacier ‘seek to obtain or bring about’, the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses ‘gain’ (hence, in nautical use, the notion of ‘gaining’ one portion of rope after another) and ‘buy’.