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PURCHASE
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Traducere în limba română
purchase I. substantiv
1. achiziţie, cumpărare;
to make some purchases a face câteva cumpărături.
2. forţă mecanică.
3. putere, imperiu;
to get / to secure a purchase on a avea putere asupra (cu gen.).
4. punct de sprijin.
5. macara, scripete.
6. (mar.) palanc, caliornă.
purchase II. verb tranzitiv
1. a cumpăra, a achiziţiona.
2. (mar.) a ridica (ancora) cu ajutorul cabestanului.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
We must have another transfusion of blood, and that soon, or that poor girl's life won't be worth an hour's purchase.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
One of your best days to sign a contract or make an expensive purchase will be January 2, when Mercury, the planet of agreements, will be conjunct Jupiter, the planet of good fortune.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly.
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
Susan shewed that she had delicacy: pleased as she was to be mistress of property which she had been struggling for at least two years, she yet feared that her sister's judgment had been against her, and that a reproof was designed her for having so struggled as to make the purchase necessary for the tranquillity of the house.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
After an hour or two spent in what her mother called comfortable chat, or in other words, in every variety of inquiry concerning all their acquaintance on Mrs. Jennings's side, and in laughter without cause on Mrs. Palmer's, it was proposed by the latter that they should all accompany her to some shops where she had business that morning, to which Mrs. Jennings and Elinor readily consented, as having likewise some purchases to make themselves; and Marianne, though declining it at first was induced to go likewise.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
Whereupon I was at much pains to describe to him the use of money, the materials it was made of, and the value of the metals; that when a Yahoo had got a great store of this precious substance, he was able to purchase whatever he had a mind to; the finest clothing, the noblest houses, great tracts of land, the most costly meats and drinks, and have his choice of the most beautiful females.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)
Harriet, tempted by every thing and swayed by half a word, was always very long at a purchase; and while she was still hanging over muslins and changing her mind, Emma went to the door for amusement.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
God does not purchase souls in this wise; and the Devil, though he may purchase, does not keep faith.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
Purchase what you need now, for next month, Mercury will go retrograde, and it will not be a good time to buy anything expensive.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
“I should not be surprised,” said Darcy, “if he were to give it up as soon as any eligible purchase offers.”
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)