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hoko harangotengote

1. (noun) piecemeal purchase.

Ka tīmata anō te Karauna ki te hoko harangotengote haere i ngā whenua taitara takitahi (TTR 1994:13). / The Crown resumed piecemeal purchase of individual land titles.

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2. (noun) hire purchase.

Ko te hoko harangotengote tētahi anō kaupapa hei whakarata, hei kukume i te hunga kirihoko . He whakaritenga tēnei kia tukuna e te kirihoko tētahi wāhanga iti o te utu i ia marama, i ia wiki rānei. Ka kīia ia utunga he utu harangotengote (TRP 2010:305). / Hire purchase is another way to attract and entice the purchasers. This is an arrangement where the purchaser supplies a small part of the payment each month or each week. Each payment is called an instalment.

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hoko putuputu

1. (noun) hire purchase.

Kua whakaritea e ia kia hokona te pūrere horoi kākahu mā te hoko putuputu. / She arranged to buy the washing machine by hire purchase.

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