hire purchase

英 [ˌhaɪə ˈpɜːtʃəs]

美 [ˌhaɪər ˈpɜːrtʃəs]

n.  分期付款购买

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牛津词典

noun

• 分期付款购买
  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.
  1. a hire purchase agreement
     分期付款协议
  2. We're buying a new cooker on hire purchase .
     我们以分期付款方式购买一座新炉具。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 分期付款购买法（常使用缩略形式HP）
  Hire purchaseis a way of buying goods gradually. You make regular payments until you have paid the full price and the goods belong to you. The abbreviationHPis often used.
  1. ...the serious problem of hire purchase and credit card debts.
     分期付款和信用卡欠账的严重问题
  2. ...buying a car on hire purchase.
     通过分期付款买车

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用installment plan

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