Purchasing vs Buy - What's the difference?
purchasing | buy |
The act of making a purchase.
* 1936 , James Arthur Fulton, Our economic nationalism: its purpose and importance (page 84)
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
As verbs the difference between purchasing and buy
is that purchasing is present participle of lang=en while buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.As nouns the difference between purchasing and buy
is that purchasing is the act of making a purchase while buy is something which is bought; a purchase.purchasing
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(en noun)- As our exports and imports are now nearly in balance, it is assumed that such bargaining, if agreed to, would induce the debtor nations to greatly increase their purchasings from us
buy
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- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.