cash-and-car·ry
ˌka-shᵊn-ˈker-ē 
-ˈka-rē
: sold or provided for cash and usually without delivery service
: the policy of selling on a cash-and-carry basis
Examples of cash-and-carry in a Sentence
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Holland Cotter, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Trade with China was strictly cash-and-carry—and cash meant silver.
—Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2015
That means switching to what’s effectively a cash-and-carry system.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
Adjective
And within the narrow formal range of cash-and-carry goods that art fairs were conceived to accommodate, there’s some variety.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Trade with China was strictly cash-and-carry—and cash meant silver.
—Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2015
That means switching to what’s effectively a cash-and-carry system.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
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“Cash-and-carry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash-and-carry. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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