purchasing

purchase /'pɜ:tʃǝs/ n (fml )

၁။ (က) [U,C] ဝယ်ယူခြင်း။ ဝယ်ယူမှု။ the date of purchase ❍ loans for the purchase of equipment ❍ The receipt is your proof of purchase. ❍ House purchases are on the increase. ❍ a compulsory purchase order (ie one issued by a public authority on sb's property, usu in order to destroy it and build a road, new houses, etc). See also HIRE PURCHASE (ခ) ဝယ်သည့်အရာ။ He laid his purchases out on the table. ❍ He was seen making a purchase at the station bookstall.
၂။ [sing, U] တွယ်စရာ။ The climbers had difficulty getting a/ any purchase on the rock face.
v ~ sth (from sb/ with sth) (fml ) ဝယ်သည်။ (တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ဖြင့်) စက်၍ ဝယ်ယူရသည်။ purchase a house with a loan from a building society ❍ Employees are encouraged to purchase shares in the firm. ❍ (fig ) The firm's financial stability was purchased at the cost of its independence.
❏ purchase price n ဝယ်ဈေး။ The purchase price is less if you pay by cash.
❏ purchaser n (fml ) ဝယ်သူ။ houses at prices attractive to potential/ prospective purchasers. Compare VENDOR ၂
❏ purchasing n [U] (commerce ) အဝယ်။ the company's purchasing manager.
❏ purchasing power n [U] (က) ဝယ်အား။ Inflation reduces the purchasing power of people living on fixed incomes. (ခ) ငွေတန်ဖိုး။
a decline in the purchasing power of the dollar.