"lay away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lays away [present, singular, third-person], laying away [participle, present], laid away [participle, past], laid away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> away}} lay away (third-person singular simple present lays away, present participle laying away, simple past and past participle laid away)
  1. (UK, transitive) To reserve (something) for the future. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_away-en-verb-LuTE-nk8 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, transitive) To reserve (an item for sale in a store) for future purchase. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_away-en-verb-VYUkwAag Categories (other): British English, English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (away), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 76 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 27 61 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 70 5
  3. (transitive) To bury (someone). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Burial
    Sense id: en-lay_away-en-verb-hhfGUaVg Disambiguation of Burial: 5 42 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: layaway [noun]

Inflected forms

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