put down as a deposit
21deposit — (v.) 1620s, from L. depositus, pp. of deponere lay aside, put down, deposit, also used of births and bets, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + ponere to put (see POSITION (Cf. position)). As a noun, from 1620s, from L. depositum. Geological sense… …
22deposit — ▪ I. deposit de‧pos‧it 1 [dɪˈpɒzt ǁ dɪˈpɑː ] noun 1. [countable] BANKING an amount of money paid into a bank account or held in a bank account, especially when it is earning interest: • Residents have some $4 billion in deposits in local… …
23deposit — de|pos|it1 W3 [dıˈpɔzıt US dıˈpa: ] n 1.) a part of the cost of something you are buying that you pay some time before you pay the rest of it deposit of ▪ A deposit of 10% is required. put down a deposit (on sth) (=pay a deposit) ▪ We put down a… …
24down payment — noun a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later • Syn: ↑deposit • Hypernyms: ↑payment • Hyponyms: ↑margin, ↑security deposit * * * noun, pl ⋯ ments [count] …
25deposit — 1 noun (C) 1 SUM OF MONEY the first part of the money for a house, car, holiday etc, that you pay so that it will be kept for you: put down a deposit (on) (=pay a deposit): We put down a deposit on a house last week. 2 RENT money that you pay… …
26put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …
27deposit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. precipitate, sediment, dregs, lees; vein; pledge, payment, security. See remainder. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Money given as security] Syn. down payment, security deposit, earnest money, partial payment; …
28deposit */*/ — I UK [dɪˈpɒzɪt] / US [dɪˈpɑzɪt] noun [countable] Word forms deposit : singular deposit plural deposits 1) a first payment that you make when you agree to buy something expensive such as a car or house. The rest of the money that you pay later is… …
29deposit — de|pos|it1 [ dı pazıt ] noun count ** 1. ) a first payment that you make when you agree to buy something expensive such as a car or house. The rest of the money that you pay later is called the balance: She paid a $100 deposit, and agreed to pay… …
30deposit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money paid into a bank account ADJECTIVE ▪ bank, building society (BrE) ▪ Bank deposits have increased by 2.3%. ▪ cash ▪ direct (AmE) …
