She borrowed money from her parents to purchase a new car.
synonyms
buyacquire
word origin — Middle English: from Old French pourchacier ‘seek to obtain or bring about’, the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses ‘gain’ (hence, in nautical use, the notion of ‘gaining’ one portion of rope after another) and ‘buy’
Business — Set 2
Set 2 of Business covers 5 words: purchase, grant, recruit, manufacture, lend. Each entry below includes its definition, an example sentence, and synonyms — practice them with the interactive cards above.
purchase · verb/ˈpərtʃəs/
to buy
She borrowed money from her parents to purchase a new car.
Synonyms: buy, acquire
Origin: Middle English: from Old French pourchacier ‘seek to obtain or bring about’, the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses ‘gain’ (hence, in nautical use, the notion of ‘gaining’ one portion of rope after another) and ‘buy’
grant · verb/ɡrænt/
to allow somebody to have or do what they want
The bank refused to grant a loan to the company upon finding irregularities in its finances.
Synonyms: permit, allow
Origin: Middle English: from Old French granter ‘consent to support’, variant of creanter ‘to guarantee’, based on Latin credere ‘entrust’
recruit · verb/rəˈkrut/
to find people to work at a job
The company will recruit qualified personnel to work at the headquarters.
Synonyms: enlist, sign up
Origin: mid 17th century (in the senses ‘fresh body of troops’ and ‘supplement the numbers in a group’): from obsolete French dialect recrute, based on Latin recrescere ‘grow again’, from re- ‘again’ + crescere ‘grow’
manufacture · verb/ˌmæn(j)əˈfæk(t)ʃər/
to make a large number of things with the use of tools or machinery
The Asian factory will manufacture a large scale of denim clothing by adopting the international standards.
Synonyms: produce, assemble, construct
Origin: mid 16th century (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura. The verb dates from the mid 17th century
lend · verb/lɛnd/
to let someone get money from a bank to pay it back gradually and with interest
The government wants the banks to lend more to jump start the economy.
Synonyms: loan, advance, give credit
Origin: Old English lǣnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lenen, also to loan. The addition of the final -d in late Middle English was due to association with verbs such as bend and send