Usually means: Reserved purchase, pay in installments.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word lay-by:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. lay-by: Merriam-Webster
  2. lay-by: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lay-by, lay-by: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lay-by: Vocabulary.com
  5. lay-by: Wordnik
  6. lay-by: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. lay-by: Wiktionary
  8. lay-by: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lay-by: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. lay-by: Dictionary.com
  11. Lay-by: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. lay-by: Rhymezone
  13. Lay-By: Britih-American Dictionary
  14. lay-by: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lay-by: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. lay-by: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lay-by: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay-by: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay-by: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lay-by)

noun:  (UK, Philippines) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones.
noun:  (UK) A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc.
noun:  (nautical) A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.

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