Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
purchase .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of buying
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Examples
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But unfortunately the term purchasing power in connection with the theory sometimes implies the reciprocal of the general price level in a country.
Safehaven 2009
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If the term purchasing power refers to the power of purchasing commodities, which are not only similar in technological composition, but also in the same geographical situation, the theory becomes the classical doctrine of comparative values of moneys in different countries and is a sound doctrine.
Safehaven 2009
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The SEC pins the swindle as scalping - which it defines as purchasing a security for oneself, recommending that same stock to another (typically posing as a "market specialist"), then immediately selling the stock when the market price goes up following the recommendation.
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The SEC pins the swindle as scalping - which it defines as purchasing a security for oneself, recommending that same stock to another (typically posing as a "market specialist"), then immediately selling the stock when the market price goes up following the recommendation.
The Register 2009
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Unless you are purchasing from a La Casa del Habano (LCDH) store, beware.
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Moral of story: regardless of what the Mexican constitution might say, one's experience in purchasing land or building homes is dictated by whatever local authority one is dealing with.
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The ministers each claimed for their share of the legal costs involved in purchasing the property and then later for the fees to buy the freehold.
For Foulkes Sake - step forward The Red Baron Alan Smart 2009
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Would recommend that you do your homework if you are interested in purchasing HP laptops!
Page 2 2009
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The ministers each claimed for their share of the legal costs involved in purchasing the property and then later for the fees to buy the freehold.
This is What the SNP should have done in tonight's PPB Alan Smart 2009
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Unless you are purchasing from a La Casa del Habano (LCDH) store, beware.
bilby commented on the word purchasing
Credit crunch orphan?
January 12, 2009