down payment

1. 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

Celeste asked for the money as a down payment on an old farmhouse. 西萊斯特索要那筆錢用作一座舊農(nóng)舍的首付款。