Nearby words
lay-up, layabout, layamon, layard, layard, sir austen henry, layaway, layaway plan, layback, laydeez, laydown, layer
Origin of layaway
First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase lay away
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Word Origin and History for layaway
layaway
1961, as a system of payments for merchandise, from lay (v.) + away. Earlier in the same sense was Australian lay-by (1930).
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