31.   With an employee stock purchase plan, a company generally allows all full-time workers to make discounted stock purchases through paycheck deductions.

32.   With direct purchase plans, investors can buy the first shares from the company.

33.   With many direct purchase plans, you can sell shares by phone.

34.   With stock purchase plans, employers funnel shares directly into brokerage accounts at the captive firm instead of mailing stock certificates to employees.

35.   Within a few months, the five-year purchase plan was effectively ended, and Enron ultimately bought only a relative handful of computers from Sun.

36.   With more features, direct purchase plans also cost more.

37.   With a traditional DRIP, you must buy your first share of a stock by using a broker or by enrolling in a direct stock purchase plan.

38.   Yanagisawa made plain that he has concerns about the stock purchase plan, one of the most divisive issues the ruling party has faced in years.

39.   Chuan, who is also defense minister, has tentatively approved the purchase plan, the Post reported.

40.   Japan has refused to bow to U.S. demands for so-called voluntary purchase plans for auto parts.