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hire purchase en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular instalments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP.
   • Maggie Thatcher, you can't match her, she's the darling of us all. She's the curse of the Irish nation, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. She's destroyed me hire purchase and she's put me on the dole. If I could only get my hands on her, I'd kick her up the hole! 1983, “The Thatcher Song”performed by Seán Brady:
   • Hector Puncheon was a young man with a hearty and healthy digestion. He had heard, of course, of sodium bicarb, and its virtues, but only as a wealthy man hears of hire-purchase. 1933, Dorothy Sayers, Murder Must Advertise:

Forms

Relateds

rent-to-own

Synonyms

long finger · installment plan · never-never

Translations (18)

hu részletüzlet (method of purchasing an item) · th เช่าซื้อ (method of purchasing an item) · hu részletfizetés (method of purchasing an item) · pl płatność na raty (method of purchasing an item) · sv avbetalningsplan (method of purchasing an item) · nl huurkoop (method of purchasing an item) · fi osamaksukauppa (method of purchasing an item) · hu részletügylet (method of purchasing an item) · hu részletre vásárlás/vétel (method of purchasing an item) · nb ab-kjøp (method of purchasing an item) · id beli sewa (method of purchasing an item) · mi hoko harangotengote (method of purchasing an item) · hu részletvásárlás (method of purchasing an item) · pt compra em prestações (method of purchasing an item) · fi osamaksu (method of purchasing an item) · cy ar strap (method of purchasing an item) · pt compra parcelada (method of purchasing an item) · cmn 租購 /租购 (method of purchasing an item)