How to Use layaway in a Sentence

layaway

noun

• The store offers a layaway plan for large purchases.
• We bought the table and chairs on layaway, so we won't have them until December.
• He, too, should be headed to the Giants in the next week or two, with his No. 68 held here on layaway.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Buy-now, pay-later for travel is a type of layaway plan.
  — Allison Pohle, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
• Knowing the Switch is hard to find, Krallman offered to let someone take over the layaway.
  — Nisa Khan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2020
• All tickets are available on a layaway plan for $10 down.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2022
• The prices were low enough that working-class folk could afford them—if not outright, then on layaway.
  — Michaela Angela Davis, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
• For store financing, rent-to-own, and layaway plans, carefully read the fine print.
  — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 10 Oct. 2020
• Fans can secure any ticket type on layaway for a $9.95 deposit.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 May 2022
• Templeton said the donor first approached him on Friday about the idea of wanting to pay off every single layaway item in the store.
  — Daniella Genovese, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2020
• In essence, the airline is now allowing people to book their plane tickets on layaway.
  — Cynthia Drescher, CNT, 29 Sep. 2017
• The Edge of Extinction has a no layaway and no return policy.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• According to Tannahill, the winner of the contest is required to go into a gun store where the gun is being held on layaway.
  — Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 15 Feb. 2018
• Clothing or footwear under $100 put on layaway is also tax-free.
  — Courant Community, 22 Aug. 2017
• In a sense, buy now pay, later is similar to layaway, but with one key difference.
  — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• Inside, Joseph Baivatu, 29, prepares to make the next payment on a layaway for something very special: a large sperm whale tooth.
  — Serena Solomon, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2017
• Shoppers can put items as low as $10 on layaway with a $50 minimum basket.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2017
• The purchase of new gift cards and layaway programs have been discontinued.
  — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 28 June 2021
• A few days ago, McGraw’s mom went to a local Walmart and paid off $5,000 worth of jewelry layaway and gave out cash to customers on the couple’s behalf.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• A few days ago, McGraw’s mom went to a local Walmart and paid off $5,000 worth of jewelry layaway and gave out cash to customers on the couple’s behalf.
  — Lindsay Dreyer, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2016
• Any qualifying items put on layaway — or paid off — between Aug. 11-13 are tax-free.
  — Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 9 Aug. 2017
• The suspect returned later that day and put two firearms on layaway, giving the store his name and contact information.
  — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
• That service is not offered by Walmart, which only does layaway for the Christmas season.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 Dec. 2019
• Perry has come to the rescue for everyday people, offering to pay for the homes of those in need and layaway for low-income families.
  — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 8 Mar. 2021
• The payment covered all the store's 300 holiday layaway accounts.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 8 Dec. 2019
• Tanners treated hides in these vats, called layaway vats, for up to a year in successive tanning solutions.
  — Samuel M. Riley, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Jan. 2022
• Store layaway, subprime credit cards and bad-credit personal loans all give you time to pay off the purchase at APRs below 36 percent.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
• The lending practice is similar to layaway and credit card services.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 7 June 2022
• Before agreeing to a store’s layaway plan, be sure to ask whether the retailer charges a fee for its program and whether payments and fees are refundable if the purchase is canceled or returned.
  — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2021
• Part of its success was due to its early adoption of layaway programs, which allowed customers who lacked credit to reserve items and pay for them in installments.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024