Thesaurus results for DOWN PAYMENTS

down payments

noun

plural of down payment

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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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If possible, transition to point-of-service collections or require upfront deposits for large projects.

— Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The brand’s Peptide Detox shampoo, which adsorbs hard water deposits to thoroughly clean hair, has amassed 238,000 impressions on TikTok this month and can consistently be found topping the app’s section for popular searches.

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The guarantees apply only to specific properties, inputs, and assumptions described in each proof.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Moscow has also noted the prospect of French or British nuclear guarantees extending to European states and nonnuclear European capitals considering the development of nuclear options of their own.

— Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026

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