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hire purchase

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hire purchase

Summary

hire purchase ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hire purchase's main regulatory text is recorded as Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch[2].
  • hire purchase is a type of credit[3].
  • hire purchase is a type of agreement[4].
  • hire purchase's said to be the same as is recorded as purchase by installment[5].
  • 1857 marks the founding of hire purchase[6].
  • hire purchase's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • hire purchase's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include credit[3] and agreement[4].

Origins

1857 marks the founding of hire purchase[6].

Why It Matters

hire purchase ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hire purchase. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hire-purchase
MLA “hire purchase.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hire-purchase.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hire-purchase_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hire purchase}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hire-purchase}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 7d ago · IgnacyPL · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → credit, agreement
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → Q1912682
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q18434396 */"
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