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▸ noun: That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
▸ noun: That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
▸ noun: A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
▸ noun: (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
▸ noun: The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
▸ noun: (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
▸ noun: (law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
▸ verb: To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
▸ verb: To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
▸ verb: To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
▸ verb: To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
▸ verb: To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
▸ verb: To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
▸ verb: To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A hamlet in Harrison, New York.
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