Also known as Credit Sales. It is products and services sold on the understanding that payment will be made at a later, mutually agreeable, date. This may involve payment via a single lump sum – over 30 to 90 days, for example – or payment in instalments over a period which may last for several years. In the latter case, this will frequently involve an interest payment as well. The opposite of Cash Sales.

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