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Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.

One who enchases.

One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.

A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.

transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

r committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.

actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. Bow chaser (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel. Totten. - Bow piece, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship. -- On the bow (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within 45º on either side of the line ahead. Totten.…

tock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business. -- To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership. -- To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in…

One who buys; a purchaser.

nter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey. Caveat emptor Etym: [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

The excess that a purchaser would be willing to pay for a commodity over that he does pay, rather than go without the commodity; -- called also consumer's rent.

transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.

One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer. He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.

To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due.

o explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of.

d hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.