Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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disguised installment sale

Bankruptcy. A debtor's leasing ploy to try to keep property outside the bankruptcy estate, whereby a lease either presents the lessee-debtor with a bargain purchase option or transfers title to the lessee-debtor at the end of the lease term. ( When such a lease is discovered, the property is treated as part of the bankruptcy estate, meaning that to defeat competing creditors, the lessor must have perfected a security interest.

installment sale

A conditional sale in which the buyer makes a down payment followed by periodic payments and the seller retains title or a security interest until all payments have been received. - Also termed installment plan; retail installment sale.

retail installment sale

See INSTALLMENT SALE.