installment buying
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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
To curb the country's 8.3% inflation, controls have also been put on private lending, investment and installment buying.
From Time Magazine Archive
While publicly deploring U.S. consumers who put themselves in debt, Soviet officials have quietly experimented with installment buying for two years.
From Time Magazine Archive
We must discourage installment buying, and encourage paying off debts and mortgages.
From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
