hire purchase

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A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular installments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP
(British) installment plan
An asset finance agreement under which the customer obtains legal title to the equipment once all finance repayments have been made An option to purchase fee may also be payable, typically at a nominal level Although legal title passes at the end of the term, for tax purposes, the customer is regarded as the owner from the outset
The right to purchase an asset by the user of the asset according to a pre-agreed method The user may be the owner for tax purposes
Term originating in the UK for a lease with a nominal purchase option at the end
System of purchase by paying in instalments
In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods
In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale
a means of obtaining the use of an asset before payment is completed An HP contract involves an initial, or 'down payment', followed by a series of hire charges at the end of which ownership passes to the user
Hire purchase is a way of buying goods gradually. You make regular payments until you have paid the full price and the goods belong to you. The abbreviation HP is often used. buying a car on hire purchase. Purchase of a commodity on an installment plan. HP a way of buying expensive goods by regularly paying small amounts over a period of time American Equivalent: installment plan
A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract
hire purchase agreement
In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods
hire purchase agreement
A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract
hire purchase agreement
In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale
hire purchase system
buying after leasing, leasing with the option to buy at the end of the lease period
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HP
hire purchases
plural form of hire purchase
hire-purchase
Alternative spelling of hire purchase
hire and purchase agreement
In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale
hire and purchase agreement
A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract
hire and purchase agreement
In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods
hire-purchase
installment plan; "we bought a car on the never-never
hire-purchase
{f} buy in installments
hire purchase
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