Cash and carry
Hi In "A perfect crime" Michael Douglas pays a hitman "cash and carry" (his word) to kill his own wife.
Can I use this expression to describe the selling in pure cash of a real estate property, where the buyer comes, pays the full amount in cash and gets the house?
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In the US, the term "cash and carry" is rarely heard today. This had its heyday 50 years or more ago, when so-called "cash and carry" stores advertised that their prices were lower than regular stores. These stores were "no-frills; you paid cash and carried your articles out to your car.
- In the US, the term "cash and carry" is rarely heard today.
- This had its heyday 50 years or more ago, when so-called "cash and carry" stores advertised that their prices were lower than regular stores.
- These stores were "no-frills; you paid cash and carried your articles out to your car.
- But today all stores advertise that their prices are lower than anyone else.
- And people like to use credit cards rather than cash.
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In the US, the term "cash and carry" is rarely heard today. This had its heyday 50 years or more ago, when so-called "cash and carry" stores advertised that their prices were lower than regular stores. These stores were "no-frills; you paid cash and carried your articles out to your car.
But today all stores advertise that their prices are lower than anyone else. And people like
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