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"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!",
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"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."
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"(British, Ireland) 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": [
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"word": "rent-to-own"
}
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "installment plan"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "long finger"
},
{
"word": "never-never"
}
],
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"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"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "method of purchasing an item",
"word": "osamaksukauppa"
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"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"
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{
"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"
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],
"word": "hire purchase"
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"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!",
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"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."
],
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"HP",
"HP"
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],
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"(British, Ireland) 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."
],
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"British",
"Ireland",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"wikipedia": [
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]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "installment plan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ireland"
],
"word": "long finger"
},
{
"word": "never-never"
}
],
"translations": [
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"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"
}
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