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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

erste Einzahlung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈeːɐ̯stə ˈaɪnˌtsahluŋ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Initial deposit/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die erste Einzahlung kann bar oder per Überweisung erfolgen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The first payment made when opening a bank account or purchasing a good or service on credit or installment.

    "The bank requires an initial deposit of five hundred dollars to open a premium savings account."
  2. 2

    The minimum sum required to secure a financial contract, investment position, or lease agreement.

    "He made an initial deposit on the apartment to ensure it wouldn't be rented to someone else."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'initial', originating from the Latin 'initialis' (from 'initium', meaning beginning), and 'deposit', derived from the Latin 'depositum' (meaning something laid down or entrusted). Together, the phrase developed in commercial and banking contexts during the late modern economic era to signify the first sum of money paid into an account or as part of a transaction.

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