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purchase
Verb
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If you purchase something, you buy it.
A licence needs to be purchased from the local authority and printing of tickets also adds to the costs.
JEB Fasteners purchased all the shares in the private company for just under $900,000.
purchase
Noun
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A purchase is a strong hold on something.
He wasn't able to get a purchase on his bag before it was pulled away from him.
occasion
Noun
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An occasion is a particular time.
Often she had to rush home on occasions when she might have preferred to stay out.
He met her on several occasions while a student in Germany.
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An occasion is a good time to do something.
The visit to Ottawa was a good occasion for us to get together.
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An occasion is a special time or event.
Nov 12 is a happy occasion. It is my 25th wedding anniversary.
a good opportunity or chance
occasion
Verb
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If mathx/math occasions mathy/math, mathx/math causes mathy/math.
Now we come to the problems that have occasioned this meeting.