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hire-purchase
noun
installment plan
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we bought a car on the never-never

Syn: ↑never-never
Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
Hypernyms: ↑installment plan, ↑installment buying, ↑time plan

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n
instalment plan, easy terms, HP, deferred payments
COLLOQ. never-never

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hire-purˈchase noun
A system by which a hired article becomes the hirer's property after a stipulated number of payments (also adjective)
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Main Entry:hire

Useful english dictionary. 2012.