"layaway" meaning in English

See layaway in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: layaways [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from lay away. The truly solidified verb (as contrasted with the merely misspelled one) is back-formed from the noun but is nonstandard. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|lay away}} Deverbal from lay away Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} layaway (countable and uncountable, plural layaways)
  1. (tanning) A pit in which hides are stored. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-layaway-en-noun-7xYrbG3W Categories (other): Finance, Hides Disambiguation of Finance: 12 10 20 29 29 Disambiguation of Hides: 45 6 13 18 18
  2. (Canada, US) The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete purchase. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-layaway-en-noun-8sck9plW Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Finance Disambiguation of Finance: 12 10 20 29 29
  3. (Canada, US) An item which has been held in this way. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Translations (An item which has a deposit placed on it): капарирана стока (kaparirana stoka) (Bulgarian), przedpłacony przedmiot [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-layaway-en-noun-uKRspeCU Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Finance Disambiguation of English deverbals: 14 14 38 17 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 9 47 12 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 6 39 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 5 51 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 4 54 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 11 37 20 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 8 35 22 20 Disambiguation of Finance: 12 10 20 29 29 Disambiguation of 'An item which has a deposit placed on it': 6 9 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Firestone layaway
Categories (other): Business Disambiguation of Business: 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Forms: layaways [present, singular, third-person], layawaying [participle, present], layawayed [participle, past], layawayed [past]
Etymology: Deverbal from lay away. The truly solidified verb (as contrasted with the merely misspelled one) is back-formed from the noun but is nonstandard. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|lay away}} Deverbal from lay away Head templates: {{en-verb}} layaway (third-person singular simple present layaways, present participle layawaying, simple past and past participle layawayed)
  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of lay away. Tags: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Alternative form of: lay away
    Sense id: en-layaway-en-verb-HWNR6g3N Categories (other): Finance Disambiguation of Finance: 12 10 20 29 29
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lay away. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: lay away
    Sense id: en-layaway-en-verb-MzFh3Zja Categories (other): Finance Disambiguation of Finance: 12 10 20 29 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (To place items on hold): складирам (skladiram) (Bulgarian), odkładać przedpłacony przedmiot [imperfective] (Polish), odłożyć przedpłacony przedmiot [perfective] (Polish)
Categories (other): Business Disambiguation of Business: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'To place items on hold': 50 50

Inflected forms

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