Thesaurus results for DOWN PAYMENT

down payment

noun

as in deposit

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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Recent Examples of down payment The couple aims to put away about $1,200 a month, hoping to someday have enough saved for a down payment on a house. —

Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026 This trip could be seen as a down payment on his intent. —

Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 If the costs of buying and owning a home would stretch your budget thin, the best move may be to continue saving until market conditions improve or your down payment is large enough to give your budget some breathing room. —

Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 For example, if a house is priced at $100,000, the city would put up $10,000 of the $20,000 down payment. —

Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for down payment

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Noun

According to Martin, though, around six to 10 of the anglers had already sent in deposits.

— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2026
Made up mostly of calcium carbonate minerals, Roman travertine was formed hundreds of thousands of years ago by deposits of calcium, sulfur and other minerals, and shows the region's history of volcanic eruptions, forests and fossils in its striated layers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026