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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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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

Another indication that consumers were growing cautious came from an FRB report that installment buying dipped $435 million in February.

From Time Magazine Archive

With loans suddenly more costly, housing sales began to suffer, as did installment buying.

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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