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Layaway / (lâ e wa) / n. / An almost discontinued payment plan in which a buyer reserves merchandise by placing a deposit with the retailer until the balance is paid in full, now enjoying a recession-era renaissance, e.g., "I am buying it on layaway while I lay about after the layoff" or, "Layaway is the new waiting list".
Consequently her stepfather discontinued payment of her school fees.
Following Mas'ud's death in 1229, Nur ad-Din Umar declared himself the independent ruler of Yemen and discontinued payment of the annual tribute to the Ayyubids in Egypt.
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It will discontinue bond payments immediately and will proceed to restructure its obligations over the coming months.
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