down payment

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noun

an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.

any initial or partial payment, gift, favor, or recompense, as to reduce one's indebtedness or express one's obligation or gratitude: This gift is just a down payment for all the favors I owe you.

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Origin of down payment

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby down payment

down one's alley, down one's neck, down one's nose, down on one's luck, Downpatrick, down payment, downpipe, downplay, downpour, down quark, downrange

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How to use down payment in a sentence

They also have the option to re-up their contract if needed, to take a bit longer to save up for a larger down payment.
Divvy Homes secures $110M Series C to help renters become homeowners|Mary Ann Azevedo|February 2, 2021|TechCrunch
Just before the pandemic, the couple almost put a down payment on a brick-and-mortar location for their church but opted not to at the last minute.
Annapolis couple use nonprofit to fight homelessness, hunger during pandemic|Brooks DuBose|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
The home buyer tax credit he proposed as a candidate would help Americans cover their down payment costs and is likely firmer assurance of government guarantees to mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Experts predict what the 2021 housing market will bring|Kathy Orton|January 11, 2021|Washington Post
Supporters of the pilot program said using these DHHL funds for down payment assistance was a faster and more efficient way to help waitlisters than developing homestead lots, which take years to build and require costly infrastructure.
Hawaii’s Big Fix to Its Housing Shortage for Native Hawaiians? A Casino.|by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica|December 24, 2020|ProPublica

That was supposed to be a down payment propelling the legislation he hoped to pass later, which would have sent a market signal, but it failed.
Fighting climate change through subsidies and innovation|Amy Harder|November 23, 2020|Axios
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for down payment

down payment

noun

the deposit paid on an item purchased on hire-purchase, mortgage, etc

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Cultural definitions for down payment

down payment

A payment in part made at the time of purchase of a good, with the promise to make full payment later.

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