PURCHASING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of buying

Example:

shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge

Synonyms:

buying; purchasing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("purchasing" is a kind of...):

purchase (the acquisition of something for payment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "purchasing"):

shopping (searching for or buying goods or services)

catalog buying; mail-order buying (buying goods to be shipped through the mail)

viatication; viaticus (purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders)

Derivation:

purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

-ing form of the verb purchase