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.
  • Putting a banh mi on layaway—this is the world that buy-now, pay-later programs have wrought.
    — Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • In a sense, buy now pay, later is similar to layaway, but with one key difference.
    — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • In essence, the airline is now allowing people to book their plane tickets on layaway.
    — Cynthia Drescher, CNT, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Clothing or footwear under $100 put on layaway is also tax-free.
    — Courant Community, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The purchase of new gift cards and layaway programs have been discontinued.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 28 June 2021
  • Service fees were charged, but the layaway has been considered a better deal than using a credit card.
    — David Moin, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Knowing the Switch is hard to find, Krallman offered to let someone take over the layaway.
    — Nisa Khan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Shoppers can put items as low as $10 on layaway with a $50 minimum basket.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2017
  • This year's late-summer event features more than 60 artists, with layaway plans available for ticket packages.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
  • The lending practice is similar to layaway and credit card services.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 7 June 2022
  • The Edge of Extinction has a no layaway and no return policy.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • The layaway strategy, which had been largely retired, is having a resurgence with modern-day features.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • That service is not offered by Walmart, which only does layaway for the Christmas season.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 25 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    — David Porter, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2022
  • 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.
    — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Americans have used layaway programs since the Great Depression.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Klarna pioneered a digital rebrand of layaway plans, which allow shoppers to spread the cost of purchases over weeks or months, as buy now, pay later.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes, 28 May 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
  • Billed as an alternative to layaway, Affirm allows people to purchase their items immediately and pay over time in a span of three to 24 months.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Others are stealthily looking for deals, sales, using layaway options and trading brand preferences for affordability.
    — Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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