purchasing
verbHow many syllables in purchasing?
There are 3 syllables in the word purchasing.How to pronounce purchasing:
Definition of purchasing:
- purchasing (verb):
- to obtain (goods) by payment
- to obtain by paying money or its equivalent buy
Synonyms for purchasing:
acquire
buy
buying
come by
gain
get
get hold of
getting
invest in
make a purchase
obtain
pay for
pick up
procure
score
secure
shop for
taking
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- punisher
- pulchritude
- publicize
- ptyalin
- pterygoid
- pterygium
- pterosaur
- provoking
- provided
- protesting
- protestants
- protestant
- prosthetic
- prospector
- prospective
- propulsion
- prophetic
- propeller
- promptitude
- promises
- prometheus
- prolia
- professing
- prodigy
- procity
- procedures
- probeer
- privatize
- prisoner
- primroses
- primary
- prickly pear
- prickliest
- prevalence
- prettier
- prescious
- premises
- premio
- prejudiced
- preheated
- prednisone
- predators
- precedent
- precautions
- preachers
- prayerful
- practicing
- practices
- potency
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