avbetaling
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
avbetale + -ing, verbal noun form of avbetale (“to pay off, pay installments”), a compound of av + betale, first part av (“of, from, by, off”), from Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + betale (“pay, purchase”), from Middle Low German betalen (“of, from, off, by”). Last part from Old Norse -ing f, -ung f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːʋbɛtɑːlɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
- Hyphenation: av‧be‧tal‧ing
Noun
avbetaling f or m (definite singular avbetalinga or avbetalingen, indefinite plural avbetalinger, definite plural avbetalingene)
- the act of paying off debts or installments
- å kjøpe eller selge noe på avbetaling
- to purchase or sell something in installments
- han kjøpte fjernsynet på avbetaling
- he bought the television in installments
- 1921, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker VII, page 310:
- haandsymaskiner paa afbetaling
- hand sewing machines in installments
- 1991, Ebba Haslund, Fra mitt Stromboli, page 11:
- de gikk og så i butikkvinduene, pekte ut alt de skulle skaffe seg. Ikke på avbetaling, fiks kontant
- they went and looked in the shop windows, pointed out everything they were going to get. Not in installments, fixed in cash
References
- “avbetaling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “avbetaling” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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