Instead of purchasing machinery or specialized buildings, consider options for local custom hire opportunities.
Instead of purchasing application programs, people are accessing what they need over the Internet.
Many companies now give customers the option of locking in a fare instead of purchasing it outright.
In a case study, a transit agency saves money in the long term by using stimulus money to buy CNG infrastructure instead of purchasing only new buses.
Buyers are adopting this strategy: instead of purchasing an entire company, they are acquiring just the assets and leaving the liabilities with the old company.
But his hopes were temporarily dashed when the Treasury simply gave TARP funds to the banks instead of purchasing bad assets.
They said the administration's plan to lease the jets, instead of purchasing them, was unusual and would lead to a "profligate waste of taxpayer dollars".
But instead of purchasing, say, a trip around the world, or just a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, Ms. Schecter hired Tanya Zuckerbrot to help her lose weight.
The idea is that if Google can own the geographic data, instead of purchasing it from others, it can produce maps that are more reliable.
However, instead of purchasing a regular, run-of-the-mill tote, Jennifer would prefer to purchase a luxury bag that will stand the test of time.
Instead of purchasing and maintaining their own computing infrastructure, scientists can now run data-intensive scientific applications in a hybrid environment such as cloud computing by facilitating its vast storage and computation capabilities.
