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down payments

down payments is the plural of down payment.

Meaning of down payment

Noun

down payment (plural down payments)

  1. A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.
    Synonyms:
    deposit
  2. (broadly) Any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.
    • Her parents considered her school tuition a down payment on her future.

Questions about down payments

What is down payments the plural of?
Down payments is the plural of down payment.

Words near down payments in the dictionary

  1. down on one's knees
  2. down on one's luck
  3. down on one's uppers
  4. down pat
  5. down payment
  6. down payments
  7. down perm
  8. down perms
  9. down quark
  10. down quarks
  11. down round

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