"lay up credit"

Debra   Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:19 am GMT
What is, please, the meaning of the phrase "to lay up credit" or "a lay up credit"?
Thanks beforehand.
Matthew   Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:05 am GMT
I've never heard of the phrase, to be honest, and it sounds quite nonsensical. A Google search didn't help the matter.

Do you mean "shore up" instead? In that case, it means to strengthen or reinforce. If not, where did you hear/read this?
Debra   Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:29 am GMT
I read this in a novel. The phrase was:
"Here in the Market you can barter and lay up credit.”
It is often met in the Internet (alternative spelling - "lay-up credit"), but I am not able to understand its meaning.

http://www.google.ru/search?hl=ru&newwindow=1&q=%22lay+up+credit%22&btnG=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA&lr=&aq=f&oq=
Matthew   Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:44 pm GMT
It's a wonder what a rested mind can do for a person :) I believe "to lay up credit" means to do something now without reward in anticipation for reward at a later time, especially in the religion sense of doing good deeds for eternal reward in heaven.
Debra   Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:12 pm GMT
Thanks, Mattew, I will think it over.
svealander   Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:31 pm GMT
to lay up something means to save something, store it away for a future time. If barter is a part of the economy then maybe this market had primitive banking services?
Debra   Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:26 pm GMT
Thanks, svealander.