See hire purchase on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "hire purchases",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "hire purchase (countable and uncountable, plural hire purchases)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Commonwealth English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Maori translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Thai translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1983, “The Thatcher Song”performed by Seán Brady:",
"text": "Maggie Thatcher, you can't match her, she's the darling of us all. She's the curse of the Irish nation, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. She's destroyed me hire purchase and she's put me on the dole. If I could only get my hands on her, I'd kick her up the hole!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"id": "en-hire_purchase-en-noun-~LC5sVCx",
"links": [
[
"HP",
"HP"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "rent-to-own"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "installment plan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ireland"
],
"word": "long finger"
},
{
"word": "never-never"
}
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Ireland",
"UK",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "huurkoop"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "osamaksu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "osamaksukauppa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletre vásárlás/vétel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletvásárlás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletfizetés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletügylet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletüzlet"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "hoko harangotengote"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ab-kjøp"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "płatność na raty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compra em prestações"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compra parcelada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "avbetalningsplan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "châo-sʉ́ʉ",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "เช่าซื้อ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"hire purchase"
]
}
],
"word": "hire purchase"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "hire purchases",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "hire purchase (countable and uncountable, plural hire purchases)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "rent-to-own"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"Commonwealth English",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Irish English",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Thai translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1983, “The Thatcher Song”performed by Seán Brady:",
"text": "Maggie Thatcher, you can't match her, she's the darling of us all. She's the curse of the Irish nation, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. She's destroyed me hire purchase and she's put me on the dole. If I could only get my hands on her, I'd kick her up the hole!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"HP",
"HP"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Ireland",
"UK",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"wikipedia": [
"hire purchase"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "installment plan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ireland"
],
"word": "long finger"
},
{
"word": "never-never"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "huurkoop"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "osamaksu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "osamaksukauppa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletre vásárlás/vétel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletvásárlás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletfizetés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletügylet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "részletüzlet"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "hoko harangotengote"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ab-kjøp"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "płatność na raty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compra em prestações"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "compra parcelada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "avbetalningsplan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "châo-sʉ́ʉ",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "เช่าซื้อ"
}
],
"word": "hire purchase"
}
Download raw JSONL data for hire purchase meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.