Cash-and-carry


sold for cash payment and no delivery service.
operated on such a basis:
a cash-and-carry business.
Historical Examples

In many of the cities and large towns, some credit grocers have adopted what is called the “cash-and-carry plan.”
Woman’s Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

adjective, adverb
sold or operated on a basis of cash payment for merchandise that is not delivered but removed by the purchaser
noun
a wholesale store, esp for groceries, that operates on this basis
an operation on a commodities futures market in which spot goods are purchased and sold at a profit on a futures contract

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