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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The vat in which hides are laid for tanning; also, the liquor in which they are steeped.

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Examples

  • I've often thought that what the corporate rich want and are trying to bring about through the policies of their bought and paid for party of toadies and hired goons, the Republicans (they've put the Democrats on lay-away), is an American aristocracy.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • The season of consumer coverage culminated with warm stories of anonymous donors paying off lay-away bills at K-Mart.

    Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Occupy Heaven Rev. G. Jude Geiger 2011

  • To encourage shoppers to spring for more expensive items this holiday, Wal-Mart brought back lay-away, which allows customers to set aside items and pay for them over time.

    Holiday Fear Mixed in With Cheer Miguel Bustillo 2011

  • I've often thought that what the corporate rich want and are trying to bring about through the policies of their bought and paid for party of toadies and hired goons, the Republicans (they've put the Democrats on lay-away), is an American aristocracy.

    The end of civilization as they've dreamed it 2009

  • The season of consumer coverage culminated with warm stories of anonymous donors paying off lay-away bills at K-Mart.

    Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Occupy Heaven Rev. G. Jude Geiger 2011

  • The season of consumer coverage culminated with warm stories of anonymous donors paying off lay-away bills at K-Mart.

    Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Occupy Heaven Rev. G. Jude Geiger 2011

  • Some would also use lay-away or lay-buy plans, but these largely disappeared over the last decade or so.

    Brett King: What the Occupy Movement and Mobile Means for Banking Brett King 2011

  • The season of consumer coverage culminated with warm stories of anonymous donors paying off lay-away bills at K-Mart.

    Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Occupy Heaven Rev. G. Jude Geiger 2011

  • The season of consumer coverage culminated with warm stories of anonymous donors paying off lay-away bills at K-Mart.

    Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Occupy Heaven Rev. G. Jude Geiger 2011

  • And since the store was located basically between two separate ghettos, where people had to scrimp and count their pennies to get anything for their kids on Xmas, White Front catered to the population with a liberal lay-away policy.

    The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 8 2010

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