Usually means: Buy now, pay in installments.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word hire purchase:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. hire purchase: Merriam-Webster
  2. hire purchase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hire purchase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hire-purchase, hire-purchase, hire purchase: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hire-purchase: Vocabulary.com
  6. hire-purchase, hire purchase: Wordnik
  7. hire purchase: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hire-purchase, hire purchase: Wiktionary
  9. Hire purchase, hire-purchase, hire purchase: Dictionary.com
  10. Hire purchase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hire-purchase: Rhymezone
  12. hire-purchase, hire purchase: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hire-purchase: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. hire-purchase, hire purchase: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. hire purchase: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Hire Purchase: bizterms.net
  3. Hire Purchase: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. hire purchase: Finance-Glossary.com
  5. hire purchase: Legal dictionary
  6. Hire Purchase, hire-purchase: Financial dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hire-purchase, hire purchase: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (hire purchase)

noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) 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.

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