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tick

noun (PAYING LATER)
 
 
/tɪk/

Definition

on tick UK old-fashioned informal If you buy something on tick, you pay for it later.Borrowing, lending and debt
(Definition of tick noun (PAYING LATER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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