partial payment

Example Sentences

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They instead settled on partial payment, with the outstanding balance to be paid at a later date.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Under the bill, new well owners would need to obtain a so-called indemnity bond, whereby they would make a partial payment for plugging the well to a surety company.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Even his partial payment in foreign currency is not enough to ensure financial security.

From Reuters • May 9, 2022

The amount would be a partial payment toward the more than $501 million Fred and Cindy Warmbier of Wyoming, Ohio, were awarded in 2018 by a federal judge in Washington, D.C.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2022

I had planned to offer him my two-dollar bill as a partial payment on the ticket, but now I could spend it on myself.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos