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Definition of Layaway
1. Noun. Things which have had a deposit placed on them and which the owner (generally a store) has agreed to hold for the customer and accept full payment at a later time. ¹
2. Noun. The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete purchase. ¹
3. Verb. To place items on hold with a deposit at a merchant's. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Layaway
1. an item that has been reserved with a down payment [n -AWAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Layaway
Literary usage of Layaway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"The advantages gained by this layaway liquor are these: The leather will not ...
Hides placed in a layaway will not draw and shrink as much as leather not ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"From the handlers the hides are placed in what are called layaway vats, a shovelful
of ... For the first layaway a liquor of 10 or 12 degrees would be used, ..."
3. Main Economic Indicators: Sources and Definitions (1996)
"They include layaway purchases, receipts from rental or leasing of vehicles,
equipment etc., receipts for delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, ..."
4. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"To collect a supply; layaway. store'keep er (-ke>'er), n. A shopkeeper, U.
S, Store'room' (-room'), n. Room for storing things. ..."
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