original purchase
collocation in Englishmeaningsoforiginalandpurchase
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original
adjective
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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purchase
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.tʃəs/us/ˈpɝː.tʃəs/
something that ...
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(Definition oforiginalandpurchasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Appropriation takes place on the basis of current value and not on an apportioned part of theoriginalpurchaseprice.
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Yet this is, in substance, what it is trying to do at present, although it is cloaked by statements about theoriginalpurchaseprice of £1,000.
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It is therefore equitable that theoriginalpurchaseshould not be at a knock-down price.
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I thought at first that it was the result of sloppy drafting that the six years ran from the date of theoriginalpurchase.
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So theoriginalpurchaseprice is not necessarily a good criterion.
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Another problem concerns the situation where theoriginalpurchaseprice was below the market value.
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Merchants make profits from reselling goods at a higher price than theoriginalpurchaseprice, but they do not produce.
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Not all respondents were able to give theoriginalpurchaseprice of their homes.
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Your mental arithmetic is in overdrive as you calculate that theoriginalpurchaseprice of £12 million now looks more like just £158,000.
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Theoriginalpurchaseof crockery for the restaurant in question comprised some non-leadless glaze.
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Theoriginalpurchaseprice was £400,000 and again there was an injection of public money—some £1½3 million.
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Maintenance and repair after purchase is as important in house ownership as is theoriginalpurchase.
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You let him out because his debt by that time would be less than half theoriginalpurchaseprice of the house.
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The normal repayment rules will still apply if the sale takes place within five years of theoriginalpurchase.
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But more often than not the animals are simply abandoned, and it is impossible to know who made theoriginalpurchase.
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They are the proceeds of assets which the local authority has sold, theoriginalpurchaseof which was mainly financed by borrowing.
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That does not invalidate the case, but the copyright fee is often paid in theoriginalpurchaseprice.
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This date oforiginalpurchaseis the governing factor no matter how often an item may have changed hands during its life.
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Yet without theoriginalpurchaseit might never have got started on its way.
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They will begin with theoriginalpurchase, and will point out how they did the business and give all the details.
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