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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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hire-purchase system1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
Many undertakers carry out wiring on the easy payment or hire-purchase system.
From Project Gutenberg
X 31, a woman, has obtained jewellery on the hire-purchase system.
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If this is the "hire-purchase system," a piano-less life is infinitely preferable to braving its manifold perils and penalties.
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