noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An expensive purchase.

Verb

1. 1
   To buy too much of something.
2. 2
   To pay too dear a price. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From over- + purchase.

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