Purchased account by many papers - 500? (8)
I believe the answer is:
acquired
'purchased' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'account by many papers 500?' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'many papers' becomes 'quire' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'many' bit.).
'e00?' becomes 'D' (Roman numeral for e00).
'ac'+'quire'+'d'='ACQUIRED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for acquired that I've seen before include "Obtained or procured" , "Came into possession of" , "'Got, gained (8)'" , "Got hold of" , "Bought" .)