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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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Easing up on Regulation W, which restricts installment buying.

From Time Magazine Archive

Consumer debt, the kind that results from credit-card purchases, installment buying and other small loans, has jumped since 1975, from $197 billion to $289 billion.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Into the American economy thus came the now-familiar installment buying.

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

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