purchasing

English

Verb

purchasing

1. present participle and gerund of purchase

Noun

purchasing (countable and uncountable, plural purchasings)

1. An act or process of making a purchase.
   • 1936, James Arthur Fulton, Our economic nationalism: its purpose and importance, page 84:

     As our exports and imports are now nearly in balance, it is assumed that such bargaining, if agreed to, would induce the debtor nations to greatly increase their purchasings from us […]

2. (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
3. A part of an organization that manages such processes

Synonyms

• (complex process): procurement

Holonyms

• (act or making a purchase): procurement

Derived terms

• purchasing agent
• purchasing power

 

Translations

an act or process of making a purchase

• Catalan: compra (ca) f
• French: achat (fr) m
• Luxembourgish: Akaf m
• Polish: zamówienie (pl) n
• Russian: поку́пка (ru) f (pokúpka), приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)
• Tocharian B: karyor

Further reading

• “purchasing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.