On Monday 12 June 2006 08:42, Kurt Wall wrote: > On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 06:58:58PM +0800, Man-wai CHANG wrote: > > Same as "rent"? > > Sort of, but it's more like "pay as you use something" rather than "pay > in advance" or "pay afterward". > Might it also mean "buying something as you use it?" and after you've paid X in money, you own it.