Installing Lion, Office 2011 on both imac and macbook air

Hi, Thanks in advance for the help!
I installed Lion on my imac and found my old version of Microsoft Office unsupported. I have not yet changed my operating system on my mac air, but need to upgrade that also in the immediate future to support other processes and products.  At this point, I assume I can upgrade the old copy of Office I have on the mac air to Office 2011 and then transfer Lion to the mac air.  Or, do I need to get Lion installed on the mac air first and then download Office 2011.  Do both methods, require buying two copies of Office? At this point, I dont mind spending the money for two copies to make the whole process easier.
I am globally confused after trying to read online about this, but am mostly unclear about which process to do first.

Thanks for the info on what to buy.  I have the remaining question from the above entry
I installed Lion on my imac and found my old version of Microsoft Office unsupported. I have not yet changed my operating system on my mac air, but need to upgrade that also in the immediate future to support other processes and products.  At this point, I assume I can upgrade the old copy of Office I have on the mac air to Office 2011 and then transfer Lion to the mac air.  Or, do I need to get Lion installed on the mac air first and then download Office 2011?

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