How to Use interest-free in a Sentence

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  • The interest-free loan is aimed at keeping the Dodgers' payroll loose and open for more free agents to come to Chavez Ravine.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Be ready to pay down debt before the end of the pause to take advantage of the interest-free period.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For those who don’t want to pay all at once, there is an interest-free five-payment plan can be had for as low as $56 per month.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Like Buy Now, Pay Later loans, the apps don’t run credit checks and bill themselves as interest-free.
    Cora Lewis, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Like Buy Now, Pay Later loans, the apps don’t run credit checks and bill themselves as interest-free.
    Cora Lewis, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • Think of it as a short-term, interest-free microloan from an unwilling lender.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The shift up the smartphone price chain has been driven in part by attractive trade-in offers and interest-free financing, IDC said.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • And for a limited time, the company will offer the option interest-free.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2023
  • State lawmakers also pledged $1.8 billion in interest-free loans for schools to build.
    Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Los Gatos changes rules after warning Buyers don’t have to start repaying the interest-free loan for 30 years, or until the home is sold or the owner no longer wishes to live there.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Habitat clients buy homes at cost and interest-free from Habitat for Humanity, which acts as the mortgage holder.
    Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Now, Pay Later Buy-now, pay-later plans are all the rage, allowing customers to pay for stuff in interest-free installments rather than one bank-breaking chunk.
    WIRED, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The capital support usually comes in the form of interest-free forgivable loans.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • King had her own bundle of incentives for new educators like interest-free home loans.
    Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Rather than demanding larger payments to cover the past-due amount, the agencies encouraged lenders to split off the past-due portion into a second, interest-free mortgage.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The plan is currently blocked and borrowers have been put into interest-free forbearance.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Rather than demanding larger payments to cover the past-due amount, the agencies encouraged lenders to split off the past-due portion into a second, interest-free mortgage called a partial claim.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Rather than demanding larger payments to cover the past-due amount, the agencies encouraged lenders to split off the past-due portion into a second, interest-free mortgage called a partial claim.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Here are three tips to help maximize a balance transfer credit card’s interest-free period.
    Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
  • Volkswagen is offering interest-free financing on the 2024 Taos small S.U.V., but not on its other models.
    Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 3 June 2024
  • The administration put loans from all Save enrollees in an interest-free forbearance in response.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • Because that falls short of a federal recommendation, the state would not qualify for interest-free federal loans to support those payments should the fund dry up.
    Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Welcomed by shoppers as an interest-free way to make purchases, from clothing to travel, the loans let borrowers pay over time, usually in four installments over six weeks.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 May 2024
  • On one side of the debate, many experts caution that tax refunds represent interest-free loans taxpayers give to the federal government.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Season ticket holders can pay in full by then or have a six-month, interest-free payment plan from March to August, with an initial payment due in March and automatic installments made on the first of each month thereafter.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2024
  • If approved, more than $11 million would also be allocated for a program to provide interest-free loans for lower-income first-time home buyers.
    Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
  • That December, the companies launched a new feature that allowed users to finance certain Apple devices with the card through interest-free monthly installments.
    Kristian Burt, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Klarna’s hopes of profitability and Europe boom Apps like Klarna allow consumers to make purchases and pay for them in interest-free installments.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Les Grands Buffets offers interest-free loans to help employees pay off debt, and workers participate in a profit-sharing agreement.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The loans, which allow consumers to pay for purchases in installments, often interest-free, have soared in popularity because of high prices and interest rates.
    Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023

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