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 Lenders also consider factors such as the borrower’s credit score, debt-to-income ratio and down payment, said Jeff DerGurahian, head economist at loanDepot. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Aim for a solid down payment of at least 5% for first-time home buyers. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026 Closing costs are fees paid to finalize a mortgage and home sale, separate from the down payment. — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 The Yale drama school graduate had purchased a one-bedroom apartment in the building in NoHo—in a 19th-century Neo-Grec former industrial space—after a role in Nora Ephron’s movie Mixed Nuts earned him enough money for a down payment. — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for down payment

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Relatives, employers, philanthropists, government organizations and charitable groups can make deposits, including company stock, into the accounts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
These silicon chunks are melted in bespoke crucibles made of the world’s purest quartz, virtually all of which is mined from a solitary deposit in the mountains of North Carolina.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026