lay away

1. (Британия, переходный)To reserve (something) for the future.

   save up as for future use

2. (Британия, переходный)To reserve (an item for sale in a store) for future purchase.

   Let's lay away that coat and we can pick it up next month.

3. (переходный)To bury (someone).

   Legend has it that they laid him away in an unmarked grave.

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• lay offувольнятьTo dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
• lay outпоставить, ставитьTo expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
• lay inхранить, сохранятьсяTo put (something) aside for future use.
• lay downсдаватьсяTo give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
• lay overналожить, накладыватьTo make an intermediary stop somewhere.
• lay awayприпрятать, припрятыватьTo reserve (something) for the future.
• lay aboutнаносить удары направо и налевоTo strike blows in all directions.
• lay asideспасти, спасатьTo reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.