purchase (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of purchasing, emptioII. The thing bought1. expr. by verb, quod emptum, partum, comparatum est, etc.2. merx, mercĭmōniumIII. Money paid for landed properly, etc. • purchase (subs.). I. The act of purchasing, emptio: this p. being completed, hac e. facta, Cic. Caec. 6, 17: the p. of horses, e. ĕquīna, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 6. II. The thing bought: 1. expr. by verb, quod emptum, partum, comparatum est, etc.: v. to purchase. 2. merx, mercĭmōnium: v. merchandise. III. Money paid for landed properly, etc.: to buy an estate at 20 years' p., *praedium ex viginti annorum mercedis aestimatione emere.