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years' purchase

years' purchase is the plural of year's purchase.

Meaning of year's purchase

Noun

year's purchase (plural years' purchase)

  1. 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.

Questions about years' purchase

What is years' purchase the plural of?
Years' purchase is the plural of year's purchase.

Words near years' purchase in the dictionary

  1. years of our Lord
  2. years of the Lord
  3. years to date
  4. years young
  5. years' minds
  6. years' purchase
  7. years-long
  8. Yearsett
  9. yearsful
  10. Yearsley
  11. Yearsleys

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