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hire-purchase system

[hahyuhr-pur-chuhs]
–noun British.
a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
Also called hire-purchase.


Origin:
1895–1900
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hire purchase  
n.   Chiefly British
Purchase of a commodity on an installment plan.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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