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installment buying

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  1. Purchasing a commodity over a period of time. The buyer gains the use of the commodity immediately and then pays for it in periodic payments called installments.

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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

The directive, which outlawed military "installment buying" for all services, will hit the Air Force hardest.

From Time Magazine Archive

To curb the country's 8.3% inflation, controls have also been put on private lending, investment and 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

The sewing machine became the first widely advertised consumer appliance, pioneered installment buying and patent pooling, and revolutionized the ready-made clothing industry.

From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers

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