purchasing [
'pə:tʃeisiŋ]
[计] 采购的
- Inflation reduces the purchasing power of people living on fixed incomes.
靠固定收入生活的人其购买力因通货膨胀而下降。 - Purchasing power has risen.
购买力增长了。
purchasing[ noun ]
the act of buying
<noun.act>
buying and selling fill their daysshrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purchased};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Purchasing}.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF.
porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F.
pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to
pursue, to chase. See {Chase}.]
1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain,
obtain, or acquire. --Chaucer.
That loves the thing he can not purchase. --Spenser.
Your accent is Something finer than you could
purchase in so removed a dwelling. --Shak.
His faults . . . hereditary
Rather than purchased. --Shak.
2. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a
price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of
Heth. --Gen. xxv.
10.
3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or
sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
One poor retiring minute . . .
Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends.
--Shak.
A world who would not purchase with a bruise?
--Milton.
4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. [Obs.]
Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses.
--Shak.
5. (Law)
(a) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
--Blackstone.
(b) To buy for a price.
6. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical
advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to;
as, to purchase a cannon.
- Bond prices, which had been up in early trading, fell in response to the purchasing managers report, and the stock market followed suit.
- Orders for durable goods, a key benchmark for the economy, surged 6.7 percent in March, and purchasing managers reported that the manufacturing economy expanded for the first time in 11 months in April.
- And finally, higher interest rates, softer land prices, and tighter restrictions on bank loans to property companies, have crippled the purchasing power of speculator groups.
- "There's a feeling in the industry that growing generic competition and a recent trend in high-volume purchasing of drugs by insurers is going to eventually choke off the ability to raise prices," he says.
- Stock investors were encouraged by a stronger-than-expected report on business conditions from the nation's purchasing managers.
- Eyes glaze over when monetarists talk about base money, velocity or purchasing power parity.
- Some 57% of the purchasing managers surveyed feel satisfied or optimistic about the next 12 months, up from a 39% satisfaction rating in December and from 48% last May.
- The purchasing managers' report showed a sharp increase in new factory orders.
- Investigators believe the ring made millions by purchasing handguns, assault rifles and grenade launchers from Lebananese militiamen.
- Unfortunately, the administration does not seem to recognise that the very same logic applies to the internal purchasing power of the dollar.
- Some British auto-industry analysts think Ford may wait for the volatile Jaguar shares to settle down before purchasing the maximum 15% allowed under the British government restrictions.
- Its monthly survey queries purchasing executives at more than 300 industrial companies across the nation.
- They have reached the level of the mid-1960s in comparative purchasing power, official estimates say.
- The average public school teacher is expected to earn 14 percent more in real purchasing power, after adjusting for inflation, in the year 2000 than now.
- Elsewhere, Lonrho PLC said it is no longer interested in purchasing any part of Mirror Group Newspapers PLC, Mr. Maxwell's other flagship company.
- Then the clerk will merely refer to the information that each passenger supplies when purchasing the ticket or checking in.
- In January, the UAL board said it would consider offers from Davis, but the agreement had blocked him from purchasing stock.
- Japanese buyers had shied away from bidding on the tower after Japan's Ministry of Finance discouraged firms from purchasing the Chicago landmark.
- It said that 16% of the purchasing managers reported higher employment, the greatest percentage since March 1985.
- In exchange, ITT received copies of internal government documents with confidential procurement information on two Air Force programs ITT was interested in purchasing.
- The U.S. manufacturing economy slowed in February for the 10th consecutive month, according to a survey of the nation's purchasing managers.
- But its purchasing power is still considerably greater for most of the items in a low income family budget. The Central Bank last estimate for inflation was 20.7 per cent up in 12 months.
- Also pleading guilty before U.S. District Judge Claude A. Hilton was Jack Sherman, a civilian purchasing official with the Marine Corps.
- The degree of decline may indicate if consumers are beginning to take a wait-and-see approach to purchasing a new car or truck.
- Overall the purchasing managers index for May rose to 45.4 from 42.1 in April, a little more than most economists had expected.
- The manufacturing sector continued to grow a bit in July, according to a survey of purchasing managers.
- The sellers include such high-ranking executives as Fred L. Turner, the company's senior chairman; Jack M. Greenberg, chief financial officer; and Lynal A. Root, senior vice president and chief purchasing officer.
- A 1987 consultant's report on the Whitley district said it lacked sound purchasing procedures, had attendance problems, spent too much time embroiled in politics and legal action and lacked high-quality teaching in areas.
- Furthermore, the nation's purchasing managers reported last week that materials prices continued trending downward.
- While the purchasing managers, like the government, reported that manufacturing employment declined in May, the group's index of overall manufacturing health rose to 50.7% during the month, the highest reading since April 1989.