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  • 61hire purchase — HP A method of buying goods in which the purchaser takes possession of them as soon as an initial instalment of the price (a deposit) has been paid; ownership is obtained when all the agreed number of subsequent instalments have been completed. A …

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  • 62hire purchase — HP A method of buying goods in which the purchaser takes possession of them as soon as an initial instalment of the price (a deposit) has been paid and obtains ownership of the goods when all the agreed number of subsequent instalments have been… …

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  • 63hire out — verb grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee We rent out our apartment to tourists every year He hired himself out as a cook • Syn: ↑rent out, ↑farm out • Hypernyms: ↑lend, ↑loan …

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  • 64hire purchase — ▶ noun INSTALMENT PLAN, deferred payment, HP, credit, finance, easy terms; Brit. informal the never never. * * * noun [noncount] Brit : ↑installment plan They bought the furniture on hire purchase. * * * ˌhire ˈpurchase [hire purchase …

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  • 65hire purchase — n. (BE) on hire purchase (to buy smt. on hire purchase) * * * (BE) on hire purchase (to buy smt. on hire purchase) …

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  • 66hire out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hire out : present tense I/you/we/they hire out he/she/it hires out present participle hiring out past tense hired out past participle hired out 1) British same as hire I, 3) This room is often hired out for… …

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  • 67Hire Township, McDonough County, Illinois — Infobox Settlement unit pref=Imperial settlement type=Township official name = Hire Township nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = Location in McDonough County subdivision type = Country subdivision name =… …

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  • 68hire out — v. (D; refl., tr.) to hire out as; to (he hired himself out as a mercenary to the highest bidder) * * * to (he hire outd himself out as a mercenary to the highest bidder) (D;refl.,tr.) to hire outas …

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  • 69hire purchase — N UNCOUNT: oft N n 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. [BRIT] ...the serious problem of hire purchase and credit card debts. ...buying a car… …

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  • 70hire car — noun a rented car she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel • Syn: ↑car rental, ↑rent a car, ↑self drive, ↑u drive, ↑you drive • Hypernyms: ↑lease, ↑ …

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