lay-away plan

lay-away plan
{n.} A plan for buying something that you can't pay cash for; a plan in which you pay some money down and pay a little more when you can, and the store holds the article until you have paid the full price. * /She could not afford to pay for the coat all at once, so she used the lay-away plan./

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  • lay-away plan — {n.} A plan for buying something that you can t pay cash for; a plan in which you pay some money down and pay a little more when you can, and the store holds the article until you have paid the full price. * /She could not afford to pay for the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lay-away\ plan — noun A plan for buying something that you can t pay cash for; a plan in which you pay some money down and pay a little more when you can, and the store holds the article until you have paid the full price. She could not afford to pay for the coat …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lay·away — /ˈlejəˌweı/ noun [singular] US : a way of buying something in which you do not receive the thing you are buying until you have paid the full price by making small payments over a period of time We bought the table and chairs on layaway, so we won …   Useful english dictionary

  • plan — See: LAY AWAY PLAN …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • plan — See: LAY AWAY PLAN …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • lay — lay1 /lay/, v., laid, laying, n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him low.… …   Universalium

  • lay — I [[t]leɪ[/t]] v. laid, lay•ing, n. 1) to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk[/ex] 2) to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him… …   From formal English to slang

  • lay — I v 1. put, place, set, rest, Inf. stick, leave, park, plant; set down, seat, settle; incline, lean. 2. drop, floor, lay low, prostrate; fell, knock or cut or strike down, sink. 3. lodge, submit, present, prefer, bring forward. 4. repose, impute …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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