cash-and-carry

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adjective

cash-and-car·​ry ˌka-shᵊn-ˈker-ē How to pronounce cash-and-carry (audio)
-ˈka-rē
: sold or provided for cash and usually without delivery service

cash-and-carry

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noun

: the policy of selling on a cash-and-carry basis

Examples of cash-and-carry in a Sentence

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Adjective
The show will feature more than 50 categories of fashion showcasing fall ’25 merchandise for immediate/in-stock deliveries and cash-and-carry purchases. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 July 2025 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 That means switching to what’s effectively a cash-and-carry system. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023 Trade with China was strictly cash-and-carry—and cash meant silver. Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2015

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1917, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cash-and-carry was in 1917

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“Cash-and-carry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash-and-carry. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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