[
  {
    "word": "purchase",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u025c\u02d0t\u0283\u0259s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u025c\u02d0t\u0283\u0259s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u025dt\u0283\u0259s/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/purchase-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=406993",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink."
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was pleased with his latest purchase."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.",
            "synonyms": [
              "contact",
              "grip",
              "hold"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.",
            "synonyms": [
              "foothold",
              "support"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "contact",
          "grip",
          "hold",
          "foothold",
          "support"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to purchase land, to purchase a house"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to purchase favor with flattery"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To expiate by a fine or forfeit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to purchase a cannon"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "procure"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purchase"
    ]
  }
]