(management, accounting) The price at which something is actually purchased, especially from the point of view of the purchaser.

plural of hire purchase

plural of impulse purchase

Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

To buy without thinking or planning.

(economics) The amount of goods and services that can be bought with a unit of currency. / (economics) The amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers; available income; spending power.

(business, marketing) A place where a product or service may be or has been purchased.

(law, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.

(Britain) 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.

The amount yielded by the annual income of property; used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in computing the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.