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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.
power
Noun
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energy, force, control. A quality that can make things happen.
His muscles have a lot of power.
The prime minister has power over the country.
Fight the power! (Meaning, "Fight authority!")
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Energy or electricity.
The city had no lights that night because there was no power.
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Power is how fast something uses energy. That is, how much work it does in a certain time.
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A special ability that someone might have.
In comic books many heroes have amazing powers.
often shows witches as having magical powers.
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A person or group of people with authority; that is a people who control things.
The mayor and the sheriff are the major powers in this town.
I like the idea, but the powers that be will not allow it.
power
Verb
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To provide power for or give power to (a mechanical or electronic device).
This CD player is powered by batteries.