ab-kjøp

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ab +‎ kjøp, first part is an abbreviation of avbetaling (“installment”), verbal noun form of avbetale (“to pay off, pay installments”), which is a compound of av +‎ betale, first part av (“of, from, by, off”), from Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + betale (“pay, purchase”), from Middle Low German betalen (“of, from, off, by”) with the suffix -ing (“-ing”), from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f. Last part verbal noun form of kjøpe (“to buy, purchase”), from Danish købe (“to buy, purchase”), from Old Danish køpæ (“to buy, purchase”), from Old Norse kaupa (“to buy, purchase”), from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz (noun), from Latin caupō (“tradesman, innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːb.çøːp/

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• Rhymes: -øːp
• Hyphenation: ab‧kjøp

Noun

ab-kjøp n (definite singular ab-kjøpet, indefinite plural ab-kjøp, definite plural ab-kjøpa or ab-kjøpene)

1. hire purchase, an installment plan
   • 1974, Kari Bakke, Gråspurven, page 22:

     møbler og vaskemaskin på AB

     furniture and washing machine on installment

See also

• ab-kontrakt (“contract for hire purchase”)

References

• “ab-kjøp” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).