cash-and-carry

cash-and-carry

A retail method that requires the buyer to pay cash and leave with the purchased items, rather than getting them delivered. A: "I can't fit that table in my car!" B: "Well, that's your problem, ma'am—our store is cash-and-carry." I knew the place was cash-and-carry, so I brought my two burly nephews with me to move my new bureau into the car. Does this store deliver? The last place I went to was cash-and-carry, and I have a bad back, so that wouldn't work for me.

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cash-and-carry

a method of buying and selling goods at the retail level where the buyer pays cash for the goods and carries the goods away. (As opposed to paying on credit or with the cost of delivery included.) Sorry, we don't accept credit cards. This is strictly cash-and-carry. I bought the chair cash-and-carry before I realized that I had no way to get it home.

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