What does lay away mean?

lay away means "save up as for future use".

What is another word for lay away?

Close synonyms include hoard, stash, cache, hive up, squirrel away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lay away a common word?

lay away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

lay away — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
save up as for future use
Synonymshoard stash cache hive up squirrel away
Broadersave

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