installment buying
Example Sentences
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The Federal Reserve Board this week promised the public its first taste in over four years of the old American custom of 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
With loans suddenly more costly, housing sales began to suffer, as did 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
