📒 a sum of money that is given as the first part of a larger payment
📒 a sum of money that is paid by somebody when they rent something and that is returned to them if they do not lose or damage the thing they are renting
📒 a sum of money that is paid into a bank account
📒 (in the British political system) the amount of money that a candidate in an election to Parliament has to pay, and that is returned if he/she gets enough votes
📒 a layer of a substance that has formed naturally underground
📒 a layer of a substance that has been left somewhere, especially by a river, flood, etc., or is found at the bottom of a liquid
📒 placed in a deposit account