Thesaurus results for DOWN PAYMENT

down payment

noun

Definition of down payment

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 Among millennial homeowners, about a quarter got help on the down payment from their parents and wouldn’t have been able to buy their current home without it, according to a report last month from Visa Business and Economic Insights. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026 Down payment Paying a down payment is common for many types of mortgages. — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 The program provides grants to state and local governments to create affordable housing, provide down payment assistance, and support home repairs for low-income households. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026 Some lenders are now offering mortgages to ITIN holders who can prove stable income and make a substantial down payment. — Efri Argaman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for down payment

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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

Definition of deposit

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Of these, most of the mistakes were in incurring the liability in the first place, with probably at least a third of them being from personal guarantees being called.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Waiting for unsolicited forgiveness could mean months or years of uncertainty with no guarantee that the debt will ever be canceled.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026