Timeline for What’s the meaning of “purchase” in “the purchase for changing a rule”?
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| Jul 30, 2014 at 3:02 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 23, 2014 at 17:10 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 23, 2014 at 14:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 23, 2014 at 13:51 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Jul 21, 2014 at 13:51 | comment | added | fdb | What does "some book" mean? Is there some secret? | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 13:26 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Three noun senses is nothing. The OED has 16 main senses for the noun purchase, with numerous subsenses adding up to 25 attested historical senses. I very strongly suggest that you acquire access to the OED. | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 13:24 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2014 at 12:24 | answer | added | ecatmur | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 9:58 | comment | added | Philip | In that context I think 'purchase for' of being used in the sense of 'advantage of'. | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 9:01 | history | asked | user50720 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |