initial payment

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandpayment

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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payment
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/us
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/
an amount of ...
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(Definition ofinitialandpaymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is obviously a massiveinitialpaymentassociated with hadron therapy f acilities due to the newness of the technology and the complicated technical specifications.
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Thisinitialpaymentwill attract discount in accordance with the right-to-buy rules; tenants paying half the right-to-buy price will get half their right-to-buy discount.
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The requirement for aninitialpaymentsimplifies the bidding process and reduces the financial risk to government over the lifetime of the contract.
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The essence of this kind of proposal is that a singleinitialpaymentcan serve as the deposit for several successive transactions on hire-purchase terms.
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It should not be a question of need for theinitialpaymentof a pension, but an acknowledgement.
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There is £45 millioninitialpaymentrising to £75 million.
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Annual totals of number of crisis loans paid to people awaitinginitialpaymentof a benefit are set out in the table.
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There is no justification for the adding of interest to theinitialpayment.
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So it arranges that within the group there is only oneinitialpayment.
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I think that there should be a higher minimuminitialpayment.
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Furthermore, aninitialpaymentmay also be demanded where it would be required of a worker joining the union.
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I was able to offer them £600,000 as theinitialpaymenttowards beginning their plans.
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When applied to a weekly rent of £30, this would give aninitialpaymentof around £20,000 on a house, or £16,000 on a flat.
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Thus, the larger theinitialpayment, the better the deal the tenant gets.
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In terms of cash payments, most contracts provide for aninitialpaymenton signature followed by further payments subject to a range of contractual provisions.
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They can buy their home for a minimuminitialpaymentof the amount they could borrow on a mortgage with repayments equivalent to their rent.
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It says that aninitialpaymentof £750 was made and the balance of £5,250 was to be paid on publication.
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The sum that would have been rent will finance a mortgage for aninitialpaymentwith which a tenant can buy his home.
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Noinitialpaymentis contemplated in these hospital cases on production of the appropriate evidence and hospital authorities have so been advised.
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