The phrase "act of purchasing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or action involved in buying something.
Example: "The act of purchasing a home requires careful consideration and planning."
Alternatives: "process of buying" or "purchase action".
The seemingly straightforward act of purchasing a good or service is fraught with mystery.
Buying music online may have replaced the act of purchasing compact discs for many people.
Warby Parker's showrooms have turned the act of purchasing eyeglasses into a sort of Wes Anderson approved theme-park ride, complete with attendants in custom-designed blue smocks, photo booths, and jars of free pencils and school erasers.
A Time magazine article from 2013 cited a study (paid for by the online shopping portal Ebates.com) which claims that 52% of Americans engage in retail therapy – the act of purchasing goods to ease feelings of sadness.
In 2014, she launched the End Demand campaign to bring the "Nordic model" to the UK – a legal framework that treats the act of purchasing sex as violence against women, criminalising buyers, decriminalising the prostituted, and establishing services to support those exiting the trade.
They seek entertainment and emotional stimulation throughout the shopping process, not just through the act of purchasing goods.
But the act of purchase is actually only the prelude to possession in the case of a book.
Separation of the act of sale from the act of purchase requires the existence of something that will be generally accepted in payment.
This disjoint between physical money and the act of purchase became even wider 10 years ago with the introduction of chip and pin, which meant that consumers no longer had to sign for their purchases.
He is one of the earlier literary victims of consumerism and his story to me is one of the most poetic expressions of the complete emptiness following the act of purchase.
