# purchase (economic)

to get a product by giving money

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain:   ·  Arena: 

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [products](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-products.goods), [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [give](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer), [get](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-get.acquisition), [transferred](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transferred.exchange)

**Through:** Money is given for a product and the product is transferred to the buyer, resulting in acquisition through exchange.

**Novel properties:**
- exchange-mediated transfer
- simultaneous give-and-get
- ownership swap

## Examples
- In 2023, Elon Musk's consortium purchased Twitter Inc. for $44 billion, transferring ownership through a leveraged buyout. *(economics)*
- The Mars Curiosity rover purchased data transmission time via NASA's Deep Space Network during its 2012 mission operations. *(engineering)*
- In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling its land area. *(institutions)*

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