| 单词 | hire-purchase |
| 例句 | Originally applied to the sale of the more expensive kinds of goods, such as pianos and articles of furniture, the hire-purchase agreement has now been extended to almost every description. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He took the young man round to a neighbouring costumier’s, and secured a dress-suit on the hire-purchase system, at a very small outlay of ready money which he advanced. The Intriguers Since the cost of sewing machines was quite high and the average family income was low, Clark suggested the adoption of the hire-purchase plan. The Invention of the Sewing Machine You can get them on the hire-purchase system. People of Position Also houses could be built for people whose work takes them to town, but who want good air for their children; the hire-purchase system, you know. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics But the terms of the agreement may sometimes purposely obscure the nature of the transaction between the parties, where, for example, the hire-purchase is merely to create a security for money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z If this is the "hire-purchase system," a piano-less life is infinitely preferable to braving its manifold perils and penalties. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891 She managed secretly to save enough money to surprise and delight Olivier with a hired piano, which, on the hire-purchase system became their property at the end of a certain number of months. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House He had just managed to scrape together the rent of the flat and the instalment on the hire-purchase furniture, but that had been all. People of Position To-day he had successfully prosecuted a man who seemed to have lived for some time on the hire-purchase system, and it made him unusually cheerful. In the Year of Jubilee No: I have that on the hire-purchase system. You Never Can Tell I paid a month's rent in advance—they don't worry over references if you do that—and I went to some hire-purchase people for furniture. People of Position Already, the agent has been round to give me notice to go immediately, and the hire-purchase people are sending for the furniture back. People of Position She has told you lies about everything, over the rent, over the amount she had to pay to the hire-purchase people, over what she was spending. People of Position |
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