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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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
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Zelensky, who has been president since 2019, noted that elections have not been held since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 and stressed that Ukraine needed strong security guarantees before agreeing to any end to the war.—
Nandika Chatterjee,
Time,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Ukrainian president also reiterated his demand for strong security guarantees as a precondition to ending the war.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Down payments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down%20payments. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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