installment plan
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Originally proposed by Beardsley Ruml, an executive at Macy’s department store who encouraged shoppers to buy on the installment plan, withholding was cleverly called “pay as you go.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Then someone could file for an extension to file a return in mid-October, and then they can set up an installment plan to pay the taxes they owe.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Dividing a transaction into, say, a pay-in-four installment plan sounds straightforward and manageable.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
AT&T’s starts at $13.89 per month when you buy their installment plan.
From The Verge • Aug. 10, 2022
They sometimes worked on the installment plan, taking little or no money up front from a defector or his family.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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