"purchasing" meaning in All languages combined

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "purchasing agent"
    },
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          "ref": "1936, James Arthur Fulton, Our economic nationalism: its purpose and importance, page 84",
          "text": "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 […]",
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      ],
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        "An act or process of making a purchase."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "_dis1": "96 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "compra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 2",
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          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "achat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 2",
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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          ],
          "word": "zamówienie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 3 2",
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          "roman": "pokúpka",
          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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          "word": "поку́пка"
        },
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          "roman": "priobreténije",
          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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          ],
          "word": "приобрете́ние"
        },
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          "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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        }
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        "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."
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        "(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."
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    {
      "word": "purchasing agent"
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      "word": "purchasing power"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compra"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
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      ],
      "word": "zamówienie"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokúpka",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поку́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priobreténije",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "приобрете́ние"
    },
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      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "an act or process of making a purchase",
      "word": "karyor"
    }
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