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progress payment

British  

noun

  1. an instalment of a larger payment made to a contractor for work carried out up to a specified stage of the job

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The customary progress payment rates for Department of Defense contracts, are 80 percent for large defense contractors and 90 percent for small businesses.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2020

I also have a progress payment due for a job that is about to go into production: $19,888.80.

From New York Times • May 3, 2010

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