(a) payment on the basis of time worked; a payment made on this basis; (b) payment by instalments; a payment made on this basis.
| 单词 | θ217822 |
| 释义 | society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > hire purchase (4) time payment1852 (a) payment on the basis of time worked; a payment made on this basis; (b) payment by instalments; a payment made on this basis. consumers' credit1886 = consumer credit n. at compounds 1. hire-purchase1895 a system by which a hired article becomes, by virtue of a stipulated number of payments, the property of the hirer; used esp. attributively; also as… never-never1926 attributive. colloquial. Of, relating to, or designating the hire-purchase system. Cf. sense A. 2. |
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