down payment (also downpayment)

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  N-COUNT 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. 首付款

  例：

  Celeste asked for the money as a down payment on an old farmhouse.

  西莱斯特索要那笔钱用作一座旧农舍的首付款。