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Layaway — Layaway, also referred to as lay by in Australia and New Zealand, is a way to purchase an item without paying the entire cost at once. However, rather than taking the item home and then repaying the debt on a regular schedule, as in most… … Wikipedia
layaway — lay‧a‧way [ˈleɪəweɪ] noun [uncountable] COMMERCE a method of buying goods in which the buyer makes a first payment that is a percentage of the price and the goods are kept by the seller until the full price is paid: • Jerry bought some furniture… … Financial and business terms
layaway — An agreement between a retail seller and a consumer that provides that the seller will retain designated consumer goods for sale to the consumer at a specified price on a future date, if the consumer deposits with the seller an agreed upon sum of … Law dictionary
layaway — 1961, as a system of payments for merchandise, from LAY (Cf. lay) (v.) + AWAY (Cf. away). Earlier in the same sense was Australian lay by (1930) … Etymology dictionary
Layaway — A purchasing method that allows a consumer to put a product on hold by placing a deposit on the item. Layaway allows the customer to make smaller payments on the product until the purchase price is paid in full, rather than paying for the item… … Investment dictionary
layaway — noun (U) AmE a method of buying goods in which the goods are kept by the seller for a small amount of money until the full price is paid: I ve put the dress on layaway. layaway adjective: a layaway plan … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
layaway — /lay euh way /, n. 1. See layaway plan. 2. an article or item purchased through a layaway plan. [1880 85; n. use of v. phrase lay away] * * * … Universalium
layaway — lay|a|way [ˈleıəweı] n [U] AmE a method of buying goods in which you give the seller of the goods a small amount of money to keep the goods until you can pay the full price ▪ I put the dress on layaway. >layaway adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
layaway — lay|a|way [ leıə,weı ] noun uncount AMERICAN a method of buying goods from a store by which a customer pays a small amount of money so that the store will keep the goods for them until they pay the rest: put something on layaway: Will you put… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
layaway — n. making a purchase with payments by installments; item bought using a layaway plan … English contemporary dictionary
