What is Hire Purchase?
The Dictionary Definition:
A Hire Purchase arrangement is where the equipment purchaser purchase the asset you want and hire the equipment to you (the renter) over an agreed period of time. When the final payment is paid, the ownership of the equipment transfers to the equipment renter you. Until the final payment is made the equipment is owned by the purchaser but the renter will have full use of the equipment for the term of the hire purchase agreement.