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.

A person who makes a straw purchase.

A purchase made secretly on behalf of someone else.

(business) A document that acts as evidence of someone having bought something, such as a receipt

plural of year's purchase

plural of distress purchase

(marketing) A purchase made out of necessity, rather than for pleasure.

plural of straw purchase

(historical, US) The acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.

plural of straw purchaser