Hyphenation of purchases

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word purchases? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pur-chas-es

Definitions of purchases:

1.	The acquisition of something for payment They closed the purchase with a handshake
2.	Something acquired by purchase
3.	A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage He could get no purchase on the situation
4.	The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
5.	Obtain by purchase Acquire by means of a financial transaction The family purchased a new car The conglomerate acquired a new company She buys for the big department store

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.