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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  1. deposits
  2. guarantees
Noun
  • By owning a bank, fintech firms can fund loans with their own customer deposits instead of more expensive wholesale financing, directly offer checking accounts and credit cards and rely less on third-party banking partners.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Children born between January 2025 and December 2028 are eligible for the government-issued $1,000 deposits.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
Definition of deposits
Noun
  • There are no guarantees in life, but that hasn’t stopped mankind from consistently searching for some semblance of security.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
  • Anyone who claims that government ownership of corporate equity guarantees failure has to explain them.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of guarantees
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“Down payments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down%20payments. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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