What does purchasing mean?

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pur·chas·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. buying, purchasingnoun

    the act of buying

    "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"

Wikipedia

  1. Purchasing

    Purchasing is the process a business or organization uses to acquire goods or services to accomplish its goals. Although there are several organizations that attempt to set standards in the purchasing process, processes can vary greatly between organizations. Purchasing is part of the wider procurement process, which typically also includes expediting, supplier quality, transportation, and logistics.

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  1. purchasing

    Purchasing refers to the process of buying goods or services for personal use, for business distribution, or for resale. This involves researching, selecting, negotiating, and procuring products or services from suppliers or vendors, and often includes activities such as quality assurance, supply chain management, and strategic sourcing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Purchasing

    of Purchase

Wikidata

  1. Purchasing

    Purchasing refers to a business or organization attempting to acquiring goods or services to accomplish the goals of its enterprise. Though there are several organizations that attempt to set standards in the purchasing process, processes can vary greatly between organizations. Typically the word “purchasing” is not used interchangeably with the word “procurement”, since procurement typically includes Expediting, Supplier Quality, and Traffic and Logistics in addition to Purchasing.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. purchasing

    Any person purchasing from any soldier his arms, uniform, clothing, or any part thereof, may be punished by any civil court having cognizance of the same, by fine in any sum not exceeding $300, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year.—Act of March 16, 1802.

Editors Contribution

  1. purchasingverb

    Verb form of the word purchase.

    The purchasing manager ensure compliance with the quality management system and purchasing procedure.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 6, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of purchasing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of purchasing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of purchasing in a Sentence

  1. John Heimlich:

    In addition to traveling more frequently and often purchasing premium seating, these travelers often purchase lounge memberships and co-branded credit cards, the 85% year-over-year decline in corporate air-travel bookings is certainly taking a toll on the industry.

  2. Alex Hamerstone:

    With a few clicks of a button, you can go online and have them shipped right to your door. just like the rest of the world is moving more towards online purchasing, so is a lot of illegal activity.

  3. Lisa Lindsay:

    If we don’t have active hurricane flooding, even though there are a lot of flood events that occur with regularity, people don’t tend to think about purchasing insurance or doing something to help mitigate the chances of loss.

  4. Sam Khater:

    Fixed mortgage rates have increased by more than two full percentage points since the beginning of the year, the combination of rising rates and high home prices is the likely driver of recent declines in existing home sales. However, in reality, many potential homebuyers are still interested in purchasing a home, keeping the market competitive but leveling off the last two years of red-hot activity.

  5. Lisa Lindsay:

    What we tend to see is ‘out of sight, out of mind', if we don’t have active hurricane flooding, even though there are a lot of flood events that occur with regularity, people don’t tend to think about purchasing insurance or doing something to help mitigate the chances of loss.

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