"Deposit" vs "down payment" vs "advance (payment)" - English ...

A down payment is a fraction of the price you'd have to pay in advance ; if you finally don't make the transaction you get your money back ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "Deposit"vs"downpayment"vs"advance(payment)"[closed] AskQuestion Asked 5years,8monthsago Active 5years,8monthsago Viewed 20ktimes 1 1 Closed.Thisquestionisoff-topic.Itisnotcurrentlyacceptinganswers. Wanttoimprovethisquestion?Updatethequestionsoit'son-topicforEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange. Closed5yearsago. Improvethisquestion Whatisthedifference?WhatcontextwouldIusethemin?Mynativelanguageonlyusesasingletranslationforallofthese,afaik. differences Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedMar11'16at7:58 PaprikPaprik 11111goldbadge11silverbadge33bronzebadges 7 Pleaseincludeinformationonwhatyouwanttosayandprovideexamples. – jera Mar11'16at8:04 1 ThisquestionmaybemigratedtothePersonalFinance&MoneyStackExchange,buthaveyoutriedlearningfromWikipedia?Downpayment•Advancepayment•Deposit – Kyle Mar11'16at8:06 Ican'tbelieveyournativelanguagehasnosuchdistinctions!EveninKazakhstanIbetBoratgotthem:) – DAVE Mar11'16at9:14 @Kyle:Idon'tthinkthisquestionshouldberemoveelsewherebecausewheoftenhaveitevenfromnatives.SoIguessit'saquestionofplainvocabularyforeveryone. – DAVE Mar11'16at9:23 @DAVEYeah.Vocabularyquestionscanfitonbothwebsites. – Kyle Mar11'16at9:25  |  Show2morecomments 1Answer 1 Active Oldest Votes 3 Adepositisaremittanceyoudoinadvance,your$arefrozenonanotheraccount&youlooseallpowerofdispositiononyourmoneybutyouremaintheownerofthisamount.Thepruposeofadepositistosecureanoperation. Adownpaymentisafractionofthepriceyou'dhavetopayinadvance;ifyoufinallydon'tmakethetransactionyougetyourmoneyback;whichisnotthecasewithearnestmoney(whereyouloosethesumifyoudon'tcompletetheprice). Anadvancepaymentissimple:yousimplypayinadvance. Themaindifferencebtwnallthesetermsareaquestionofgraduation&qualificationbutneverimplieswihtoutotherprecisionthatincasethetransactiondoesn'tgotoitsendthepartwhopaidsuchsumhastolooseit,exceptifit'searnestmoney.Ohterway,youshouldask/haveprecision. Andalwaysbearinmindapaymentmusthaveacounterpart;it'snotagift! Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun15'20at7:40 CommunityBot 1 answeredMar11'16at9:11 DAVEDAVE 62944silverbadges1313bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggeddifferencesoraskyourownquestion. TheOverflowBlog CheckouttheStackExchangesitesthatturned10yearsoldinQ4 FeaturedonMeta Reducingtheweightofourfooter UpcomingresponsiveActivitypage Related 4 Isthereanydifferencebetween"word-for-wordtranslation"and"word-by-wordtranslation"andisthelatteractuallyvalid? 0 TruancyorSkipclass 2 Differencebetween'derivesfrom'and'promptedby' 1 "contractor"vs."constructioncompany" 0 APIQueries/Requests/CallsinSaaS-Whatisthecorrectlabel/text? 0 Whatisthedifferencebetweennoneofthese,noneofthemandeitherofthese? HotNetworkQuestions Canosmiumreactwithoxygenatroomtemperature? NamingstudentsonehassupervisedinaCV Whatmagicitemswouldbestmakea(corrupt)cityguardcompetitivewithParagontierheroes? WhatisthereasonformovingthestartbuttontothecenterinWindows11? Whenforcedaway,canImovetowardsthecaster,ifmynetdistanceawayendsupgreaterthanhadInot? HaveoneinfourAmericanwomenhadanabortion? Iseeagreatcitywhoseglorywilltouchthestars.>>inLatin What'stheproperwaytosaysomeoneelsemadeamistake? WhyareeclipsesoftheJamesWebbbytheEarthorMoonnotpermittedduringthemission? Tryingtofitacircle.Datahaveweights CompressibleEbin-Marsden? WhydidIfailthispuzzle? HowcantheUKgovernmentfineitself? Interviewtask:Findapotentialcustomerwhoisinterestedinaproduct ShouldIassumedatapassedtomyfunctionisaccurate? IstheMANIACinthemovie'TheMagneticMonster'therealMANIACcomputer? CanI(orshouldI)re-roughentheinteriorofaceramicmortar? Howtoretrieveinfoabouttilecompressionwhichgeopackegefileuses? Howis"Dogsdogsfightfight"grammatical? Engineerasksforatitlechangeandraisewithachangeofresponsibilities PhotographallegedlyfromBarcelonain1987 Givinghighlevelestimatestoclientwithoutcommitingtonumbers Aretherecountrieswherebeingnon-vaccinateddisqualifiesyoufrom"standard"healthinsurancecoverage(forthatparticulardisease)? HowcanImakeareallygingerycookie? morehotquestions Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings