Definition of lay-bies - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun, plural

payment system

Rare

system of paying for goods in installments

Rare

She bought the dress on lay-bies and will pay it off in three months.

installment plan

layaway

purchased goods

Rare

goods bought using a lay-by system

Rare

The lay-bies will be available for collection once fully paid.

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Origin of lay-bies

English, lay (place) + by (near)

Examples of lay-bies in a sentence

The store offers lay-bies for expensive items.
The store has a section for lay-bies.
Customers can make payments on their lay-bies over time.

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French:paiement échelonné, biens en attente, ...
German:Ratenzahlungssystem, Ratenkaufwaren, ...
Italian:sistema di pagamento a rate, acquisti a rate, ...
Spanish:sistema de pago a plazos, compras a plazos, ...
Portuguese:compra a prestações, compra em prestações, ...
Chinese:分期付款, 预付定金商品, ...
Japanese:分割払い制度, レイバイ商品, ...
Arabic:نِظَام التَّقْسِيط, مشتريات الحجز, ...
Hebrew:קְנִיָּה בְּתַשְׁלוּמִים, מַעֲרֶכֶת תַּשְׁלוּמִים, ...
Russian:система рассрочки, товары в рассрочку, ...
Ukrainian:система розстрочки, товари в розстрочку, ...
Hindi:किस्त भुगतान प्रणाली, किस्तों में खरीदी गई वस्तुएं, ...
Bengali:কিস্তিতে কেনাকাটা, কিস্তিতে কেনা পণ্য, ...
Catalan:pagament a terminis, productes a terminis, ...
Czech:splátkový prodej, zboží na odloženou platbu, ...
Danish:afbetalingssystem, afbetalingsvarer, ...
Dutch:afbetalingssysteem, afbetalingsgoederen, ...
Greek:σύστημα δόσεων, αγαθά με δόσεις, ...
Hungarian:részletfizetés, részletre félretett áruk, ...
Khmer:ការទិញបង់រំលស់, ទំនិញទិញរំលស់, ...
Korean:할부제, 할부로 구입한 물건, ...
Persian:سیستم پرداخت اقساطی, کالاهای اقساطی, ...
Polish:system ratalny, towary na raty, ...
Portuguese (BR):compra a prestações, compra em prestações, ...
Romanian:sistem de rate, bunuri pe rate, ...
Swedish:avbetalningssystem, avbetalningsköp, ...
Thai:ระบบการผ่อนชำระ, สินค้าที่ซื้อด้วยระบบผ่อนชำระ, ...
Turkish:taksit sistemi, taksitle alınan mallar, ...
Vietnamese:hệ thống trả góp, hàng trả góp, ...

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Definition of lay-bies - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun, plural

Origin of lay-bies

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Examples of lay-bies in a sentence

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