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.

plural of year's purchase

plural of purchase price

plural of purchase order

plural of straw purchaser

plural of straw purchase

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

plural of distress purchase