purchase

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Members of migrant communities have avoided medical treatment, been unable to purchase essentials, lost jobs and even taken their children out of school to avoid venturing outside where they are more vulnerable to immigration checks.

From Barron's

A weaker dollar reduces purchasing power for Americans - something overseas travellers know all too well.

From BBC

He added that papers at her home in Nigeria or kept by officials "would have demonstrated that where individuals provided her with accommodation in this country or paid for purchases... reimbursement was made from Nigeria".

From Barron's

The department issued a general license allowing transactions relating to "the lifting, exportation, reexportation, sale, resale, supply, storage, marketing, purchase, delivery, or transportation of Venezuelan-origin oil."

From Barron's

The “needed” column is how cheap the straddle needs to be in order to be a viable candidate for a straddle purchase.

From MarketWatch