German domain suggests down payments (8)
I believe the answer is:
deposits
'down payments' is the definition.
('deposit' can be a synonym of 'down payment')
'german domain' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'de' (abbreviation for Deutschland).
'domain' becomes 'posits' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'de'+'posits'='DEPOSITS'
'suggests' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deposits that I've seen before include "Monies in a bank or minerals in the ground" , "Monies left in a bank" , "Matter laid down or money in the bank" , "Lodgements or down payments" , "Lays down-inbank account?" .)