Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: purchasing
IPA transcription: [p'ɝtʃəsɪŋ]
Pronunciations of purchasing
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: buying, purchasing
    Meaning: the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
Usage examples
  • Others of my neighbors planted them, and so did many people in Oregon, until soon there came to be a field for purchasing and shipping hops.
  • Thus investments come to be thought of in terms of general purchasing power, from which it is expected to realize an income of a given percentage.
  • The control of purchasing power means the potential control of industry to that degree. It was necessary in discussing the enterpriser to recognize that the buyer eventually dictates the direction of industry; the enterpriser seeks to produce that for which there is most demand.
  • The pirates, who were headed by George Booth, now commander of the ship, went on board, (as they had often done,) to the number of ten, and carried money with them under pretence of purchasing what they wanted. This Booth had formerly been gunner of a pirate ship, called the Dolphin.
  • When he had realized a small sum, which was increased by the sale of a vessel bequeathed to him by his first master, he made more extended voyages; he visited the Bay of Biscay and the Gulf of Guinea, and laid out all his capital in purchasing a cargo which he hoped to sell in the West Indies.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Munich, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edgar Allan Poe, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Sega v. Accolade, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording BDSM, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of New Jersey, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Facebook, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0