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 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
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
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
