| Definition: | an acquisition of commodities or services obtained by contract, whether by rent, lease, installment or lease purchase or outright purchase. The following are not purchases:
1. Transfer, sale or exchange of personal property or services between governmental agencies;
2. Commodities purchased for resale to the general public as outlined in Section 287.012, except Class B printing;
Utilities; or,
3. Public communications, i.e., telephone, telegraph, but not including private communications systems for internal institutional use.
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