hire-purchase
n [U] (Brit) (abbr 縮寫 hp) (US in`stalment plan) method of purchase by which the buyer pays for an article in instalments, is allowed to use it immediately and becomes the owner of it after a certain number of instalments have been paid 分期付款購(gòu)買方式
We're buying a TV on hire-purchase. 我們以分期付款方式購(gòu)買一臺(tái)電視機(jī).
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
a hire-purchase agreement 分期付款購(gòu)物協(xié)議.