layaway
nounEtymology Deverbal from lay away. The truly solidified verb (as contrasted with the merely misspelled one) is back-formed from the noun but is nonstandard.
1
A pit in which hides are stored.
- A chain of local gun shops advertised, as a “Father's Day Sale,” the semiautomatic Intratec TEC-9, with extra ammo clip, case, and flash suppressor, reduced from $347.80 to $249.95 and available on layaway.1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 24:
- Derived terms
- Firestone layaway