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
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It was limited to holding only £50,000, around $67,000, of total customer deposits.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026 -
Well, the Bolivian Andes house the world’s largest lithium deposits.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The guerrillas agreed to lay down their weapons, face justice, and compensate their victims in exchange for political guarantees and government promises to develop poor, rural areas that gave rise to the FARC in the 1960s.—
John Otis,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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No guarantees are made with regards to results or financial gain.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Down payments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down%20payments. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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