Definitions for "Bargain Purchase Option"
a provision allowing the customer (lessee) the option to purchase lease equipment for a price sufficiently lower than the expected Fair Market Value so that exercise of the option appears to be virtually assured at the inception of the lease.
A lease provision which gives the lessee the option to purchase the equipment at the end of the lease term for a price set at the start of the lease. This price is usually substantially lower than the fair market value of the item at the date the option can be exercised, and is often as low as ten dollars
An option given to the lessee to purchase the equipment at a price that is fixed sufficiently below the expected fair market value, so that, at the inception of the lease, purchase appears to be reasonably assured.