Many people buy houses on layaway .

许多人用分期付款买房子。

And you 're worried about layaway ?

你却在担心你的那些礼物！

He confessed one night that he was buying , on layaway , a hebrew bible from the sixteenth century .

一天晚上他说，他要买一本十六世纪的希伯来文《圣经》，钱都预付好了。

Layaway makes sense , he says , when an item is scarce and consumers do not have access to adequate credit .

他表示，如果一种商品稀缺，而消费者又无法获得充足的信贷，那么分期预付就是合理的。

One sears store in winchester , virginia , reputedly had fewer than 50 customers using its layaway shelves in december , mainly for clothing and jewellery .

据说，在弗吉尼亚州温切斯特市的一家西尔斯商店，12月份仅有不到50名顾客使用了分期预付，大部分购买的是服装和珠宝。