Some buyers have avoided paying stamp duty by buying shares in an offshore company rather than making a direct purchase of the property.

Direct purchases at lower levels were restricted.

It has belatedly and recently cut interest rates to just above zero and undertaken to inject money into the banking system through cheap loans and direct purchases of debt.

They used to collect these home-made products either as commission agent or as through direct purchases.

They are worth a maximum of 20 to 35 per cent off the purchase cost depending on the type of vehicle.

As well as the purchase cost, libraries must consider the expense of the labour-intensive cataloguing and digitising process.

Owners will end up paying more at the pumps because of poorer fuel economy, but they will benefit from a lower purchase cost.

A cut in stamp duty will simply increase the purchase cost of first-time houses and produce a small bonus for second-time purchasers.

The purchase cost more than 1m, and he has spent considerably more than that on doing up the houses.

The company also has an online store that allows customers to view and purchase stock 24 hours a day.

Institutions must purchase stock in order to become a member.

Similar outcomes could be accomplished in a capitalistic free market if the employee were to purchase stock of the company they work for.

Hardware store owners purchase stock in these suppliers and are members and owners as well as customers.

He began to purchase stock from the organizations and marketed them to his fellow abolitionists, though the products were sold for almost no profit.

On closing day, two transactions take place: a real estate transaction and a note purchase transaction, almost simultaneously.

The acquisition was a stock purchase transaction completed before the end of 2008.

Sometimes the note purchase transaction happens a few days or weeks after the real estate transaction.

Charges for using a debit card for overseas cash and purchase transactions.

Asset purchase transactions allow the buyer to acquire either all or a selection of the seller's assets and liabilities.

I started buying them about 10 years ago, when the area was cheap, although my most recent purchase was about three years ago.

The hut was a more recent purchase than their home.

The shares fell like a stone, leaving me well adrift of my more recent purchase price (94p), let alone my average cost, shown in the table.

A recent purchase of a camera prompted a polite reminder at the till that it did not come with a case (accessories typically carry much higher margins).

A spokesman for the society cited a recent purchase by its head of road safety as an example of bad practice.

This on top of the existing cashback of one per cent for supermarket spending, two per cent on department store purchases and three per cent on petrol.

Previously, you would get one per cent back from any spend at supermarkets and two per cent on department store purchases, without any limit.

Charges beyond the basic fee include those for books, athletics store purchases, some arts events and transportation.