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You need a better dictionary, or to stop making things up. The Oxford Dictionary, for example, defines purchase as merely "acquiring something". Legally, freed

You need a better dictionary, or to stop making things up. The Oxford Dictionary, for example, defines purchase as merely "acquiring something". Legally, freedom of contract means the specifics of what is to be exchanged in a purchase are more or less unlimited. Even colloquially, many purchases happen without "money" changing hands. Paying with a voucher, for example, would seem to be a form of payment that doesn’t involve actual money.

inetknght 6y ago
> You need a better dictionary Indeed, perhaps. > or to stop making things up. I didn't make it up but thanks for the insinuation. > The Oxford Dictionary I haven't spent $90 on the Oxford Dictionary because I haven't believed it to be necessary. > defines purchase as merely "acquiring something". Really? Tell that to Google which claims its definition comes from "Oxford Languages" [0]. I'm sure that's not quite the Oxford English Dictionary though. Google states: 1. acquire (something) by paying for it; buy. 2. haul in (a rope or cable) or haul up (an anchor) by means of a pulley, lever, etc. But that's just Google and we all know Google can be manipulated. Let's take the free definition from Merriam-Webster instead [1]. 1 a : to obtain by paying money or its equivalent Okay how about a third source? Dictionary.com [2] states: to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy. Finally, Cambridge at the fourth source, is where a monetary transaction isn't directly part of the definition but it certainly is part of the supporting descriptions. verb: to buy something * She purchased her first house with the money. noun: something that you buy * How do you wish to pay for your purchases? So they're all free dictionaries so they're not as elite as the Oxford English Dictionary. But their definitions are fairly consistent. And, given that I think that a purchase without money is actually a barter then perhaps the Oxford English Dictionary isn't as good of a source. You might want to learn about the definition of a rent by the way. It's a bit closer to what goes on with cloud instances. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=define+purchase https://www.google.com/search?q=define+purchase [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchase https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchase [2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/purchase https://www.dictionary.com/browse/purchase [3] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/purchase https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/purch...

inetknght 6y ago

> You need a better dictionary Indeed, perhaps. > or to stop making things up. I didn't make it up but thanks for the insinuation. > The Oxford Dictionary I haven't spent $90 on the Oxford Dictionary because I haven't believed it to be necessary. > defines purchase as merely "acquiring something". Really? Tell that to Google which claims its definition comes from "Oxford Languages" [0]. I'm sure that's not quite the Oxford English Dictionary though. Google states: 1. acquire (something) by paying for it; buy. 2. haul in (a rope or cable) or haul up (an anchor) by means of a pulley, lever, etc. But that's just Google and we all know Google can be manipulated. Let's take the free definition from Merriam-Webster instead [1]. 1 a : to obtain by paying money or its equivalent Okay how about a third source? Dictionary.com [2] states: to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy. Finally, Cambridge at the fourth source, is where a monetary transaction isn't directly part of the definition but it certainly is part of the supporting descriptions. verb: to buy something * She purchased her first house with the money. noun: something that you buy * How do you wish to pay for your purchases? So they're all free dictionaries so they're not as elite as the Oxford English Dictionary. But their definitions are fairly consistent. And, given that I think that a purchase without money is actually a barter then perhaps the Oxford English Dictionary isn't as good of a source. You might want to learn about the definition of a rent by the way. It's a bit closer to what goes on with cloud instances. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=define+purchase https://www.google.com/search?q=define+purchase [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchase https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchase [2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/purchase https://www.dictionary.com/browse/purchase [3] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/purchase https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/purch...