Usually means: Initial payment securing purchase agreement.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word down payments:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. down payments: Merriam-Webster
  2. down payments: Collins English Dictionary
  3. down payments: Vocabulary.com
  4. down-payments: Wordnik
  5. down payments: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. down payments: Wiktionary
  7. down payments: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. down payments: Legal dictionary
  2. down payments: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. down payments: Encyclopedia

(Note: See down_payment as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (down payment)

noun:  (law, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.
noun:  (by extension) Any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.
▸ Also see down_payment


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