(Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
(US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.
chasseur
chasseur
noun
(cooking) A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.
A hotel messenger, especially in France.
A hunter or huntsman.
A servant or attendant.
A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.
chaufers
eucharis
eucharis
noun
A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
hachures
hachures
noun
plural of hachure
learchus
purchase
purchase
noun
(law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
(obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
(rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
(uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
verb
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.