lay-by

Noun

 * 1)  A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones.
 * 2)  A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc.
 * 3)  A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass.
 * 4)  A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.
 * 5) * 1930 October 16, Hordern Brothers (Sydney retailer), advertisement, quoted in 1966, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, chapter X, section 2, page 206,
 * Avail yourself of our Lay-By Service

Translations

 * Bulgarian: отбивка
 * Finnish: levähdysalue
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, leálló, , leállóöböl,
 * Irish: leataobh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rasteplass
 * Spanish: área de aparcamiento, área de estacionamiento