purchasings

But here among the Shands, with whom sons and daughters were plentiful, and with whom the feelings were of a useful kind, and likely to wear well, rather than of a romantic nature, the bustle, the purchasings, the arrangements, and the packings generally had in them a pleasantness of activity with no disagreeable accompaniments.

John Caldigate 2004

That very day how faithfully he had stuck at his side, assisting at dull discussions and duller purchasings, without once obtruding his own concerns. —

Australia Felix 2003

I thought, as you did, that all these soundings, borings, purchasings of land that the books set forth in fine round-hand were exaggerated beyond measure.

The Nabob Alphonse Daudet 1868

In the rather latest but apropo cliche, "Buy the rumor, sell the news," I will continue on with my Friday's purchasings of bank stocks with my high risk e-trade account, moving into banks stocks Monday morning, more aggressively after I talk to my broker tomorrow, and keep adding if I see the financials gaining as the rumor persists.

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