頭金|あたまきんatamakin[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundown payment; deposit
   お金かねを貯ためて頭金あたまきんを作つくれますか。↗

   Can you save enough money for the down payment?

• RelatedデポジットNeutralNeutral loanword for a security deposit or guarantee money, such as a rental deposit; 「頭金」 is the down payment on an installment purchase.
• Related手付金てつけきんWrittenWritten/formal prose for earnest money paid when signing a contract, which can be forfeited if you breach it; 「頭金」 is the down payment.
• Related内金うちきんNeutralNeutral word for a partial advance payment; close to 「頭金」 but more typical of ordinary transactions.
• Related証拠金しょうこきんWrittenFormal term for money put up to guarantee performance of a contract, seen mostly in futures and foreign-exchange trading.
• Related手金てきんWrittenWritten word for a deposit or earnest money, but rarely used; 「手付金」 is the usual choice.
• Antonym残金ざんきんNeutralNeutral word for the balance not yet paid; the opposite of 「頭金」, which is paid up front.

Use 「頭金」 for the down payment saved up and paid first when buying a car or house on a loan, as in 「頭金を貯める」. For earnest money at signing say 「手付金」; for a security deposit, 「デポジット」 or 「敷金」; for the unpaid balance, 「残金」.

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1. 元もととなる金かね。
2. 分割ぶんかつ払はらいで最初さいしょに支払しはらうまとまった金額きんがく。