That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
A period of time during which something is possessed.
A right to hold land under the feudal system.
A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).