# purchasing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #6,508

## Definitions
1. An act or process of making a purchase.
2. 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.
3. A part of an organization that manages such processes

## Common misspellings (16)
`ppurchasing`, `pruchasing`, `pucrhasing`, `purcahsing`, `purcchasing`, `purchaisng`, `purchasign`, `purchasingg`, `purchasinng`, `purchasnig`, `purchassing`, `purchhasing`, `purchsaing`, `purhcasing`, `purrchasing`, `uprchasing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/purchasing