down-payment

基本解释

By the time my kids need their down-payment money, their target-date funds should be largely invested in bonds.
这样等到孩子们需要首付款时，基金里的资金应该主要都被投资于（较为安全的）债券了。
In America they have signed deals with property-management companies to allow residents to use credit cards for rent, mortgage instalments and even the down-payment on a house.
在美国，他们已经跟物业管理公司签署协议，允许住户使用信用卡支付租金、按揭贷款、甚至是房屋的首付贷款。
For every down-payment, after all, there is a balance outstanding.
毕竟每一种首付款，都意味着还存在未付清的款项。

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Their garbage business was thriving and they had made a down-payment on a plot of land in the far suburbs.
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If you make a down payment on something, you pay only a percentage of the total cost when you buy it. You then finish paying for it later, usually by paying a certain amount every month.