year's purchase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

year's purchase years' purchase
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