lay away
Save for later
To lay away is to set something aside for future use or purchase.
In retail, layaway is a payment plan where a store holds merchandise while the customer pays in installments: I put the coat on layaway until I could afford it.
More generally, to lay something away means to store or save it: She laid away provisions for winter.
Periodic partial payment
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- laybyRoadside stopping bay
prepayment · interest-free · purchase · reserve · merchandise · retail · catalog · contract
installment
Periodic partial payment
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
layby · prepayment · interest-free · purchase · reserve · merchandise · retail · catalog · contract · agreement
set aside
Reserve for future use
hoard · accumulate · squirrel · keep · earmark · allocate · bank · preserve · cache · amass
grave
Serious and worrying
- intermentPutting a body underground
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
coffin · crypt · mausoleum · tombstone · eulogy · mortuary · cremation · graveyard · hearse · shroud
- stashstash, hoard, stockpile, cache, store
- cribbagecribbage board, peg, pegs, pegging, nobs
- thrift sayingspenny saved, penny wise, pinch pennies, penny pincher, live within means
lay awayimpulse buy
Unplanned spur-of-the-moment acquisition
splurge · instant gratification · binge shopping · compulsive buying · buy now pay later