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Buying

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purchasingnounAn act or process of making a purchase.

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purchasingnounAn act or process of making a purchase.
salenounAn exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
buybacknounThe repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
purchasernounOne who purchases.
purchasenounThe acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
sourcingnounThe process by which something is sourced, or obtained from another place.
buy-outnounAlternative spelling of buyout. [(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.]
spendingnounAn amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.
procurementnoun(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
marketnounAny physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
buyoutnoun(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
gainingnounGain; profit.
bribingnounBribery.
bribenounSomething (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
takeovernoun(economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
affordverbTo incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
shoppingnounThe process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
procureverb(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
acquisitionnounThe act or process of acquiring.
gettingnounThe act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

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