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down payments

noun

plural of down payment

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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Ganiyu received about $671,438 from citizenship applicants through Zelle and Cash App, along with $287,830 in cash deposits that prosecutors say were meant to conceal the money’s source, according to court documents, the New York Post reported.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
ATMs and online banking remain available; however, transactions or deposits may not process until the next business day.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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Turner was thought to be the most likely (and most expensive) in a skyrocketing cornerback market that saw the latest agreement with New England’s Christian Gonzalez on Tuesday for four years, $135 million and $102 million in guarantees.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
But there are no guarantees, as the bankruptcy court prepares to approve this unusual sale.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026

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