§ 401. Definitions. In this article, unless the context or subject\nmatter otherwise requires:\n 1. "Goods" means all chattels personal, other than things in action or\nmoney, sold for other than a commercial or business use or for purpose\nof resale. The term includes goods which, at the time of the sale or\nsubsequently, are to be so affixed to realty as to become a part thereof\nwhether or not severable therefrom, but does not include a motor vehicle\nas defined in article nine or nine-A of this chapter, nor any goods sold\nor leased with such a vehicle if they are sold under a retail instalment\ncontract governed by article nine of this chapter or leased under a\nretail lease agreement governed by article nine-A of this chapter.\n In the case of a retail instalment credit agreement, the term also\nincludes all chattels personal, other than things in action or money,\nsold for a commercial or business use.\n 2. "Services" means: (a) In the case of a retail instalment contract,\nwork, labor and services furnished, or agreed to be furnished, for other\nthan a commercial or business use, in the delivery, installation,\nservicing, repair or improvement of goods or repairs, alterations or\nimprovements upon or in connection with real property, except that such\nservices shall not mean or include any services sold in connection with\nthe sale or lease of a motor vehicle which is evidenced by a retail\ninstalment contract governed by article nine of this chapter or a retail\nlease agreement governed by article nine-A of this chapter;\n (b) In the case of a retail instalment obligation, services of any\nkind furnished or rendered or agreed to be furnished or rendered, for\nother than a commercial or business use, except that such services shall\nnot mean nor include (1) services for which the tariffs or the rates,\ncharges, cost or expense is required by law to be filed with or\ndetermined or approved by the state or federal government or any\nofficial department, division, commission or agency of the state of New\nYork or of the United States, or (2) services by an institution of the\nuniversity of the state of New York, an elementary school which provides\nthe education required by the state of New York, a nursery school or a\nkindergarten; and\n (c) In the case of a retail instalment credit agreement, services of\nany kind rendered or furnished or agreed to be rendered or furnished by\na retail seller; and, in the case of a retail instalment credit\nagreement entered into under paragraph (b) of subdivision eleven of\nsection four hundred thirteen of this chapter, a contract or contracts\nof insurance issued to a retail buyer.\n 3. "Retail seller" or "seller" means a person who sells goods or\nfurnishes or renders or agrees to furnish or render services to a retail\nbuyer. The term includes the lessor under a lease of a department in a\nshop, store or other establishment if the lessor is liable to customers\nin respect to goods sold or services furnished or rendered by the leased\ndepartment and the other operations thereof.\n 4. "Retail buyer" or "buyer" means a person who buys goods or obtains\nservices from a retail seller. When used in subdivision eleven of\nsection four hundred thirteen of this chapter, the term also means any\nperson who is liable for the payment of a fine, tax, civil penalty,\nrent, rate, fee, charge, revenue, financial obligation or other amount,\nincluding a penalty, special assessment or interest, to a municipal\ncorporation or the New York city water board, and any person who is\nliable for the payment of any fee, rate, rent or other charge of the\nWhite Plains parking authority.\n 5. "Retail instalment sale" or "sale" means a sale of goods, or the\nfurnishing or rendering of services, or an agreement to furnish or\nrender services, by a retail seller to a retail buyer for a time sale\nprice payable in instalments.\n 6. "Retail instalment contract" or "contract" means an agreement\nentered int
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