A deposit means that in order to ensure the performance of the contract, in accordance with the law or the agreement between the parties, one of the parties shall pay the other money or other substitutes in advance, according to a certain proportion of the target amount of the contract, at the time of signing or after it is concluded but before fulfilled.
deposit?
Xiao Zhang was admitted to the university this year, and the notice stated that he must first pay a tuition fee of 5,000 yuan before going through the admission procedures.