Example sentences from the Web for hire-purchase

If this is the "hire-purchase system," a piano-less life is infinitely preferable to braving its manifold perils and penalties.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 25, 1891|Various
Many undertakers carry out wiring on the easy payment or hire-purchase system.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various
This was an extension of the hire-purchase plan (buying on credit) initiated by Clark of the Singer Company.
The Invention of the Sewing Machine|Grace Rogers Cooper
X 31, a woman, has obtained jewellery on the hire-purchase system.
The Criminal & the Community|James Devon

hire-purchase

noun

British, Australian, NZ and Southern African

a system for purchasing merchandise, such as cars or furniture, in which the buyer takes possession of the merchandise on payment of a deposit and completes the purchase by paying a series of regular instalments while the seller retains ownership until the final instalment is paid
(as modifier)hire-purchase legislation

Abbreviation: HP, h.p. US and Canadian equivalents: instalment plan, installment plan

Words nearby hire-purchase

hire, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, hire out, hire-purchase, hire-purchase system, hi-res, Hiri Motu, hiring-fair, hiring hall

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单词	hire-purchase
释义	Example sentences from the Web for hire-purchase If this is the "hire-purchase system," a piano-less life is infinitely preferable to braving its manifold perils and penalties. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 25, 1891\|Various Many undertakers carry out wiring on the easy payment or hire-purchase system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6\|Various This was an extension of the hire-purchase plan (buying on credit) initiated by Clark of the Singer Company. The Invention of the Sewing Machine\|Grace Rogers Cooper X 31, a woman, has obtained jewellery on the hire-purchase system. The Criminal & the Community\|James Devon hire-purchase noun British, Australian, NZ and Southern African a system for purchasing merchandise, such as cars or furniture, in which the buyer takes possession of the merchandise on payment of a deposit and completes the purchase by paying a series of regular instalments while the seller retains ownership until the final instalment is paid (as modifier)hire-purchase legislation Abbreviation: HP, h.p. US and Canadian equivalents: instalment plan, installment plan Words nearby hire-purchase hire, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, hire out, hire-purchase, hire-purchase system, hi-res, Hiri Motu, hiring-fair, hiring hall Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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