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Translate purchase into Spanish
1Acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.
2Nautical
Haul in (a rope or cable) or haul up (an anchor) by means of a pulley, lever, etc.
1The action of buying something.
2A hold or position on something for applying power advantageously, or the advantage gained by such application.
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’.