installment buying
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In Italy, auto sales are down 10% so far this year, largely because of such government anti-inflation measures as higher auto and gasoline taxes and restrictions on installment buying.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soviet citizens next month will be able to sample that old staple of the U.S. consumer: installment buying.
From Time Magazine Archive
While publicly deploring U.S. consumers who put themselves in debt, Soviet officials have quietly experimented with installment buying for two years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1930 many a prophet predicted that bad times would kill installment buying, but C. I. T. flourished throughout Depression, last year cashed in on motor recovery.
From Time Magazine Archive
We must discourage installment buying, and encourage paying off debts and mortgages.
From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
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