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/a.ʃa/
Translation
purchase
Word origin
From acheter ('to buy'), from Vulgar Latin *accaptare, from ad- ('to') and captare ('to try to seize'), a frequentative of capere ('to take').
- Origin
- Vulgar Latin
- Root
- accaptare
- English cognates
- capture, captive
Grammar
Examples
.
This purchase was really necessary.
week-end.
She made several purchases online this weekend.
' .
French people's purchasing power has fallen this year.
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