osa- (“partial”) +‎ maksu (“payment”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈosɑˌmɑksu/, [ˈo̞s̠ɑ̝ˌmɑ̝ks̠u]
• Rhymes: -ɑksu
• Syllabification^(key): o‧sa‧mak‧su
• Hyphenation^(key): osa‧maksu

osamaksu

1. hire purchase, installment sale, sale on installment, installment plan (method of purchasing an item in which the buyer pays the price of the purchase in installments, and the ownership of the item is only transferred once the full price has been paid, or the seller retains the right to reclaim the item from the buyer if the payments are not met)

   Synonym: osamaksukauppa

2. instalment (individual payment made within a hire purchase plan)

   Synonym: osamaksuerä

3. part payment, partial payment (any payment that is part of a larger payment)

   Voinko antaa sinulle polkupyöräni osamaksuna?

   Can I give you my bicycle as part payment?

• “osamaksu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023