down payment
noun
: a part of the full price paid at the time of purchase or delivery with the balance to be paid later
broadly
: the first step in a process
Examples of down payment in a Sentence
She made a 10 percent down payment on the car.
We put a down payment on the house.
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The money from her work as a spray tanner goes towards travel and a down payment on a house.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
Nevertheless, Alice put a five-thousand-dollar down payment on a bond, and Friedmann was released that night.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
She is accused of using some of those funds to put a $150,000 down payment on a house in North Carolina and to pay for her wedding expenses.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
But FourLeaf's no down payment options are much more limited than Alliant's.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
Nevertheless, Alice put a five-thousand-dollar down payment on a bond, and Friedmann was released that night.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
She is accused of using some of those funds to put a $150,000 down payment on a house in North Carolina and to pay for her wedding expenses.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
But FourLeaf's no down payment options are much more limited than Alliant's.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for down payment
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“Down payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20payment. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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