hire purchase
hire purchase
nounDefinition of HIRE PURCHASE
chiefly British
: purchase on the installment plan
See Examples of HIRE PURCHASE
- They bought the furniture on hire purchase.
First Known Use of HIRE PURCHASE
1895
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