buy (something) on time
buy (something) on time
To buy something with the promise of paying for it later, as with a credit card as opposed to cash. I ran out of money at Christmastime and had to buy some presents on time, so I'm dreading my next credit card bill.
See also: buy, on, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
buy something on time
to buy something on credit. Tom: That's an awful fancy TV. Are you sure you can afford it? Jane: I'm buying it on time. I bought the sofa on time, but I paid cash for the chairs.
See also: buy, on, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- buy (something) on credit
- buy on credit
- buy on time
- buy way out
- buy (one's) way out (of something)
- buy into, to
- don't buy a pig in a poke
- Jinx, buy me a Coke!
- shelf
- buy (something) off the shelf