down payments

plural of down payment
as in deposits
a first payment that you make when you buy something with an agreement to pay the rest later She made a 10 percent down payment on the car. We put a down payment on the house.

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Noun
  • The informal miners go into the mines to look for leftover deposits to sell.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Only about 6% of the region’s deposits are controlled by the combined bank, ranking fourth behind larger national competition such as Truist, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Over time, Middle Eastern countries could grow less reliant on external military guarantees.
    Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The houses pitch estimates, guarantees, marketing plans, and the global machinery required to turn somebody’s possessions into an event.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
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“Down payments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down%20payments. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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