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on the cuff

on the cuff prepositional phrase: on credit, with payment to be made later.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (US, idiomatic) On credit, with payment to be made later.
    • The newspapers were jammed with ads inviting customers to buy on the cuff. Philadelphians could get a $269 television set for $5 down and $4 a week.1948 August 16, “On the Cuff”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    on one's tab

on the cuff meaning in Bengali

on the cuff in Bengali

ধারে, বাকিতে

Synonyms of on the cuff

  • on one's tab

Questions about on the cuff

What does on the cuff mean?
On the cuff means on credit, with payment to be made later.
What is on the cuff in Bengali?
On the cuff in Bengali is ধারে, বাকিতে. See On the cuff meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is on the cuff?
On the cuff is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the cuff in the dictionary

  1. on the couch
  2. on the count of
  3. on the critical list
  4. on the crook
  5. on the cross
  6. on the cuff
  7. on the cusp
  8. on the cutting room floor
  9. on the daily
  10. on the debit side
  11. on the deck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the cuff (page history and authors); on the cuff (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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