Deposit
Pay off
Pay off verb - To give what is owed for.
Both terms in one sentence
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The not-too-notable Disney film No Deposit No Return features a pair of kids who talk a couple of honest, inept crooks into kidnapping them to pay off some not-so-honest crooks.
Source: Corruption by a Minor - In fact, she is so desperate that she turns to a snakehead gang to smuggle her to Europe for a deposit of $5,000, and the obligation to pay off the loan of another $20,000.
Source: Film / Ghosts (2006)
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