Definitions for down payment
down pay·ment

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1. down payment, depositnoun

   a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

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1. down paymentnoun

   A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.

2. down paymentnoun

   By extension, any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.

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1. Down payment

   Down payment is a payment used in the context of the purchase of expensive items such as a car and a house, whereby the payment is the initial upfront portion of the total amount due and it is usually given in cash at the time of finalizing the transaction. A loan or the amount in cash is then required to make the full payment. The main purposes of a down payment are to ensure that the lending institution has enough capital to create money for a loan in fractional reserve banking systems and to recover some of the balance due on the loan in the event that the borrower defaults. In real estate, the asset is used as collateral in order to secure the loan against default. If the borrower fails to repay the loan, the lender is legally entitled to sell the asset and retain a portion of the proceeds sufficient to cover the remaining balance on the loan, including fees and interest added. A down payment in this case reduces the lender's risk to less than the value of the collateral, making it more likely that the lender will recover the full amount in the event of default. The size of the down payment thus determines the extent to which the lender is protected against the various factors that might reduce the value of the collateral, as well as lost profits between the time of the last payment and the eventual sale of the collateral.

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How to pronounce down payment?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of down payment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of down payment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of down payment in a Sentence

1. Joao Oliveira:

   Liberia Convincing clients did not have any cancellations but Liberia Convincing clients had much fewer bookings, the reason I believe there have been no cancellations is because the clients who have already paid -- safaris are usually booked several months in advance and a down payment is required -- do their own research and find out that the West Africa Ebola countries are more than 5,000 kilometers away from Tanzania or Kenya.

2. Biden TransitionBiden:

   I think they're on their way to being able to come up with a package that meets the basic immediate needs that we have, but I've made it real clear, it's just a down payment. This is not the end of the deal.

3. Timothy Naftali:

   Joe Biden has a very intuitive sense of the American people. Joe Biden understands that there is a great deal of American support for Republicans as well as Democrats for reducing America's involvement in the world, one of the things Joe Biden is banking on is a short period of chaos will be accepted by the American people as a down payment on a future more sustainable American position in the world.

4. Cedrik Lachance:

   Incomes are moving nicely but it's still challenging to put together a down payment for a home.

5. Timothy Naftali:

   President Joe Biden has a very intuitive sense of the American people. President Joe Biden understands that there is a great deal of American support for Republicans as well as Democrats for reducing America's involvement in the world, one of the things President Joe Biden is banking on is a short period of chaos will be accepted by the American people as a down payment on a future more sustainable American position in the world.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=down payment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Down_Payment
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=down payment