Unscrupulous merchants would purchase their coal in lumps as large as possible then sell them in smaller sizes.

The merchant had purchased the diamond from an English sea captain, who had, in fact, stolen the diamond from a slave.

He initially worked as a merchant but soon made a substantial fortune and purchased pastoral land near Queanbeyan.

Rural merchants from across East Tennessee purchased goods for their general stores from Knoxville wholesalers.

Most early St. Louisans remained illiterate through the 1810s, although many wealthy merchants purchased books for private libraries.

At last a certain merchant purchased the weedy little garden in the center of the Old Quarter and built godowns and shops upon its flower beds.

Wealthy merchants purchased samurai rank and landholdings.

This is in fact proven in Chinese record mentioning that in 1320, Chinese merchants purchased elephants from the island.

A wealthy French merchant, Stephen Jumel, purchased the house in 1810.

European merchants trading with West Africa occasionally purchased palm oil for use as a cooking oil in Europe.