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• Up-front money
• First installment
• Partial outlay
• Homebuyer's outlay
• Initial amount required by a creditor
• Typical mortgage requirement, and what ends each answer to a starred clue
• Up-front money, as for a car
• Installment forerunner

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n. (alternative form of down payment English)