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cash and carries

cash and carries is the plural of cash and carry.

Meaning of cash and carry

Noun

cash and carry (countable and uncountable, plural cash and carries)

  1. (uncountable) A means by which someone pays for an item (i.e., does not purchase it on credit) and takes it (i.e., does not await delivery).
  2. (uncountable) A means by which someone purchases something and sells a future or forward based on it.
  3. (countable) A wholesale warehouse that sells goods exclusively or primarily to business customers, who pay on the spot in cash and carry the goods away themselves.

Questions about cash and carries

What is cash and carries the plural of?
Cash and carries is the plural of cash and carry.

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