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anschaffen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • prostitute noun A person who has sex with others in exchange for money.
  • purchase verb To buy something by paying money for it.

Senses

anschaffen is used for these senses in English:

  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • prostitute (transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]
  • purchase 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.

get — full definition

  1. verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  2. verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
  3. verb To fetch or bring something.
  4. verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
  5. verb To understand something.

prostitute — full definition

  1. noun A person who has sex with others in exchange for money.
  2. verb To sell (oneself or one's talents) for money in a way seen as demeaning.

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