installment buying
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More immediate cause of American Piano's difficulty however, is installment buying, which while it has helped to sell pianos has not added any appreciable amount to their working capital.
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
Beyond that, Barber unveiled restrictions on installment buying of everything from refrigerators to automobiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Fed was not worried by a sharp rise in installment buying, which is usually the last form of credit to be affected by high interest rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is for them to provide facilities for the transaction of business, cash money, credit instruments, installment buying, means for changing money, insurance, discounting facilities.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott
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