layaway
pronunciation
How to pronounce layaway in British English:
UK [ˈleɪəweɪ]
How to pronounce layaway in American English:
US
Word Origin
- layaway
- 1961, as a system of payments for merchandise, from lay (v.) + away. Earlier in the same sense was Australian lay-by (1930).
Example
- 1. Many people buy houses on layaway .
- 2. And you 're worried about layaway ?
- 3. He confessed one night that he was buying , on layaway , a hebrew bible from the sixteenth century .
- 4. Layaway makes sense , he says , when an item is scarce and consumers do not have access to adequate credit .
- 5. One sears store in winchester , virginia , reputedly had fewer than 50 customers using its layaway shelves in december , mainly for clothing and jewellery .