hire purchase
noun /ˌhaɪə ˈpɜːtʃəs/
/ˌhaɪər ˈpɜːrtʃəs/
[uncountable] (British English) (abbreviation h.p., HP)
(North American English installment plan)
- a method of buying an article by making regular payments for it over several months or years. The article only belongs to the person who is buying it when all the payments have been made.
分期付款购买 - on hire purchase I bought my first car on hire purchase.
我租了第一辆车。 - a hire purchase agreement
分期付款协议 - We offer very generous hire purchase terms.
我们提供非常慷慨的分期付款购买条款。
Collocations DictionaryHire purchase is used before these nouns:- agreement
- on hire purchase I bought my first car on hire purchase.