Up-front money, as for a car

• Make this at The Bank of Jackets and Comforters?
• Homebuyer's outlay
• Typical mortgage requirement, and what ends each answer to a starred clue
• Partial outlay
• First installment
• Initial amount required by a creditor
• Installment forerunner
• Up-front money

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n. (alternative form of down payment English)