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noun
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- The thing or things gained.
- the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
- the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
- a quantity that is added
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
- (intransitive) To put on weight.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
- (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- (transitive) To reach.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- increase or develop
- obtain
- increase (one's body weight)
- win something through one's efforts
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- rise in rate or price
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- derive a benefit from
noun
- One who acquires.
- A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
- a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
- a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
- the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card
- a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- 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.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
noun
- something acquired by purchase
- the acquisition of something for payment
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (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.
- 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.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
noun
- the act of buying
- An act or process of making a purchase.
- (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
- A part of an organization that manages such processes
verb
noun
- A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
- An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
- The thing stipulated or purchased.
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- an advantageous purchase
verb
noun
- The act or process of acquiring.
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- an ability that has been acquired by training
verb
- (transitive) to purchase the ownership of a company
- To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.
- (transitive) To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
- (transitive, idiomatic) to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
verb
- purchase
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
noun
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
- (countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.
- A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
noun
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- (religion) Salvation from sin.
- (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
noun
- Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
- Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
- Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
- Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
- Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
- Initialism of air avenue of approach.
- Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
- Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
- Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
- Initialism of aircraft alert area.
- Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
- Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
- Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
- (psychology) Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
- Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
- Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
- Initialism of alternate assembly area.
- (medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
- Initialism of adult album alternative.
- Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
- Initialism of airborne assault area.
- Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
- Initialism of airborne array aperture.
- Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
name
- (US) Initialism of American Anthropological Association.
- Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Association.
- Initialism of Access All Areas, Sony music project.
- Initialism of American Arbitration Association.
- (England) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Association of England.
- Initialism of American Airship Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Initialism of Allegheny Airlines.
- Initialism of Argentine Anticommunist Alliance.
- Initialism of Archives of American Art.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Academy of Allergy; now the AAAAI.
- Initialism of Army Athletic Association.
- Initialism of Abortion Assistance Association.
- Initialism of ANSI Artists of America.
- Initialism of Allied Artists of America.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Actors and Artistes of America; now the AAAA or 4As.
- Initialism of Association of Accounting Administrators.
- Initialism of American Accounting Association.
- Initialism of Appraisers Association of America.
- Initialism of Agricultural Aviation Association.
- Initialism of Armenian Assembly of America.
- Initialism of American Association for Anatomy.
- Initialism of All American Aviation.
- Initialism of American Academy of Advertising.
- Initialism of American Abstract Artists.
- Initialism of American Accordionists' Association.
- Initialism of American Astronomers Association.
- Initialism of Associated Agents of America.
- Initialism of American Academy of Actuaries.
- Initialism of American Australian Association.
- Initialism of American Ambulance Association.
- Initialism of American Antarctic Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Act.
- (Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.
- Initialism of Association of Average Adjusters.
- Initialism of Antique Airplane Association.
- Initialism of Area-Agency on Aging.
- (UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.
phrase
symbol
- A very narrow shoe size.
- (sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
- (video games) high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
- (finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
noun
- acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
- The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
- (finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
noun
- (business) Initialism of purchase requisition.
- (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
- Initialism of Puerto Rican.
- Initialism of public relations.
- (sports) Initialism of personal record.
- (medicine) A PR interval.
- Initialism of personal representative.
- (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
- (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
- (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
- (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
- Initialism of proportional representation.
- (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
- Initialism of permanent residence.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
- Initialism of police report.
- Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
- a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
adv
name
verb
adj
noun
- Installment purchase.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Prison.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
verb
- To buy out the ownership of a business.
- To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
- To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
- To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To become more successful than (someone or something else).
- To relieve someone temporarily.
- To appropriate something without permission.
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up, as of debts or payments
- do over
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
noun
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- The thing or things gained.
- the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
- the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
- a quantity that is added
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
- (intransitive) To put on weight.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
- (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- (transitive) To reach.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- increase or develop
- obtain
- increase (one's body weight)
- win something through one's efforts
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- rise in rate or price
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- derive a benefit from
noun
- One who acquires.
- A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
- a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
- a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
- the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card
- a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
noun
- the act of buying
- An act or process of making a purchase.
- (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
- A part of an organization that manages such processes
verb
noun
- A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
- An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
- The thing stipulated or purchased.
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- an advantageous purchase
verb
noun
- The act or process of acquiring.
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- an ability that has been acquired by training
noun
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
- (countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.
- A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
noun
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- (religion) Salvation from sin.
- (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- 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.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
noun
- something acquired by purchase
- the acquisition of something for payment
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (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.
- 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.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
noun
- Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
- Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
- Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
- Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
- Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
- Initialism of air avenue of approach.
- Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
- Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
- Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
- Initialism of aircraft alert area.
- Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
- Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
- Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
- (psychology) Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
- Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
- Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
- Initialism of alternate assembly area.
- (medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
- Initialism of adult album alternative.
- Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
- Initialism of airborne assault area.
- Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
- Initialism of airborne array aperture.
- Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
name
- (US) Initialism of American Anthropological Association.
- Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Association.
- Initialism of Access All Areas, Sony music project.
- Initialism of American Arbitration Association.
- (England) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Association of England.
- Initialism of American Airship Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Initialism of Allegheny Airlines.
- Initialism of Argentine Anticommunist Alliance.
- Initialism of Archives of American Art.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Academy of Allergy; now the AAAAI.
- Initialism of Army Athletic Association.
- Initialism of Abortion Assistance Association.
- Initialism of ANSI Artists of America.
- Initialism of Allied Artists of America.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Actors and Artistes of America; now the AAAA or 4As.
- Initialism of Association of Accounting Administrators.
- Initialism of American Accounting Association.
- Initialism of Appraisers Association of America.
- Initialism of Agricultural Aviation Association.
- Initialism of Armenian Assembly of America.
- Initialism of American Association for Anatomy.
- Initialism of All American Aviation.
- Initialism of American Academy of Advertising.
- Initialism of American Abstract Artists.
- Initialism of American Accordionists' Association.
- Initialism of American Astronomers Association.
- Initialism of Associated Agents of America.
- Initialism of American Academy of Actuaries.
- Initialism of American Australian Association.
- Initialism of American Ambulance Association.
- Initialism of American Antarctic Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Act.
- (Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.
- Initialism of Association of Average Adjusters.
- Initialism of Antique Airplane Association.
- Initialism of Area-Agency on Aging.
- (UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.
phrase
symbol
- A very narrow shoe size.
- (sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
- (video games) high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
- (finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
noun
- acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
- The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
- (finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
noun
- (business) Initialism of purchase requisition.
- (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
- Initialism of Puerto Rican.
- Initialism of public relations.
- (sports) Initialism of personal record.
- (medicine) A PR interval.
- Initialism of personal representative.
- (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
- (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
- (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
- (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
- Initialism of proportional representation.
- (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
- Initialism of permanent residence.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
- Initialism of police report.
- Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
- a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
adv
name
verb
noun
- Installment purchase.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Prison.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- 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.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
noun
- something acquired by purchase
- the acquisition of something for payment
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (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.
- 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.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
noun
- the act of buying
- An act or process of making a purchase.
- (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
- A part of an organization that manages such processes
verb
verb
- (transitive) to purchase the ownership of a company
- To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.
- (transitive) To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
- (transitive, idiomatic) to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
verb
- purchase
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
verb
- To buy out the ownership of a business.
- To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
- To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
- To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To become more successful than (someone or something else).
- To relieve someone temporarily.
- To appropriate something without permission.
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up, as of debts or payments
- do over
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession