Purchase

Purchasing is the buying of goods or services. An item that has been bought is called a purchase. The opposite of a purchase is a sale. In common usage, the shorter word "buy" is typically used when shopping, rather than the word "purchase".
However, the word has been used in many major historical terms, including:
The word "purchase" is often used in contracts with "acquisition", as in the term "Acquisitions and Mergers" (A&amp;M) in legal agreements made between large companies. Those contracts typically state than a company was "purchased" by another company.