cash and carry
/kæʃ ənd ˈkæri/
adjective
- Relating to a business or store where customers pay for goods in full and take them away themselves, without delivery or credit.
- The wholesale club operates on a cash-and-carry basis, so bring your own bags.
- Many small restaurant owners shop at cash-and-carry warehouses to save money.
- The store's cash-and-carry policy means no credit accounts are available.
noun
- A store or business that operates on a cash-and-carry basis.
- We bought supplies in bulk from a local cash-and-carry.
- The cash-and-carry near the highway sells everything from snacks to office furniture.
- He runs a small cash-and-carry that caters to contractors.