A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.
Any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.
The sum of money taken from a bank account.
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.