Thesaurus results for DOWN PAYMENTS

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

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Uzbekistan holds vast deposits of rare earths and critical minerals, while neighboring Kazakhstan is the world’s leading producer of uranium, accounting for 40% of supplies.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Good luck enforcing Potemkin guarantees from hyperscalers or arguing that local protests excuse a construction delay that blew a hole in the financing.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
For Hoffman, the evening’s results were encouraging but not necessarily conclusive, and the extensive use of guarantees should be taken with a grain of salt.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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