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A loan that is acquired to purchase something. Car loans and home loans are considered to be purchase loans. Purchase loans are usually repaid over a designated point of time and are issued with some sort of fixed or variable interest rate. "Becky and Tom applied for a purchase loan, so that they could purchase the Mercedes Benz they always dreamed of owning."

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