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  • noun Plural form of purchase.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purchase.

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Examples

  • Use your personal or business Chase card for all your bus, train, ferry or taxi purchases and get 10% cash back (up to $50) on your qualifying transit purchases* through November 30,

    Hustler Money Blog Hu$tler 2010

  • Earn 2 points for every dollar spent on everyday purchases and 1 point for all other purchases*

    Credit Card News 2009

  • Earn 2 points for every dollar spent on everyday purchases and 1 point for all other purchases*

    Credit Card News 2009

  • The bond market made a partial recovery after $2.2 billion in purchases from the Federal Reserve and as many fund managers bought bonds to match the adjustments of their benchmark indexes.

    Treasurys Make Partial Recovery Min Zeng 2010

  • I figure getting roughly 2% back on all of my purchases is a pretty sweet deal. g33k

    Your Emergency Fund Or Your Debt? | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • In February, it reached an agreement with a unit of China CITIC Bank, of which BBVA owns a 15% stake, to originate and execute mandates for Chinese companies interested in purchases in Latin America.

    Spain's BBVA Targets Investment Banking Sara Schaefer Mu 2010

  • The framework for additional asset purchases is much more important than the size, said Richard Berner of Morgan Stanley.

    Wary Economists Expect Fed Asset Purchases Phil Izzo 2010

  • The bank's ability to keep up those purchases is closely tied to the country's large trade surplus with the rest of the world, most notably the United States.

    U.S. trade gap widens, fueled by Chinese imports Howard Schneider 2010

  • Net foreign purchases of debt issued by U.S. government-sponsored agencies such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac totaled $4.6 billion, compared with $17.3 billion in purchases in July.

    China Remains Top Holder Of U.S. Treasurys Ian Talley 2010

  • Most recently, Goldman Sachs economists have said the Fed may announce $500 billion in purchases at the end of next week's meeting, or potentially a bit more, over a period of six months.

    Treasurys Weaken Ahead of Auction Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2010

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