down payment
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More recently, when McGill’s daughter needed money for a down payment on a place whose monthly payments she could manage herself, dad obliged.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
We’re among them: When my husband went to grad school, his parents gave him the down payment for a small apartment in Tucson, Arizona.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
When he graduated, they encouraged him to rent it out and keep the income; when we decided to buy, he sold the apartment and we used the proceeds for our own down payment.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Related: ‘I have no children’: My aunt gave me $50,000 for a down payment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
“I was just about to start saving up for the down payment on a new washing machine, but...”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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