cash and carry

== English == === Noun === cash and carry (countable and uncountable, plural cash and carries) (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). Coordinate terms: COD, C.O.D., cash on delivery (uncountable, finance) A means by which someone purchases something and sells a future or forward based on it. (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. ==== Related terms ====