pay down

pay down
{v. phr.} 1. To give as a deposit on some purchase, the rest of which is to be paid in periodic installments. * /"How much can you pay down on the house, sir?" the realtor asked./ 2. To decrease a debt with periodical payments. * /I'd like to pay down the charges on my credit cards./ Compare: DOWN PAYMENT.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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