How to buy already installed application - namely OS X Lion?

If you try to buy already installed application, Appstore tells you it's installed and doesn't let you buy it. Only option I found is deleting the application, then you can buy it and download it anew.
But... I have OS X Lion, I bought it under one Apple ID. Now I want to buy it on another Apple ID on the same computer (I want to own the licence on other Apple ID, not reinstall OS). Is there any way to do it? Except formatting HD?
Asked same question to Apple support, but looking for help in general, so asking here also.
Thanks

I felt your pain when I purchased the mid-2011 Mac Mini to replace a dead iMac G5 last year, without doing my normal due diligence on Lion.
Like others I had the need to continue to access my finances in Quicken Deluxe 2002 (since rendered moot by Intuit's decision to release Quicken 2007 for Lion) as well as certain Excel 2004 charts that get trashed when opened in Excel 2011.
Since necessity is indeed the mother of invention, I worked out this solution: I installed Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7 in Lion:
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions are available here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

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