最近河南两县城的售楼“奇招”引发关注，宣传海报显示一份出自河南商丘市民权县的建业河畔洋房，“2元/斤，小麦换房”，最高可抵16万房款。请看本报周四的报道：

A central China-based developer is coming up with a novel promotion to attract buyers by accepting wheat and garlic as down payments, according to the firm’s marketing post.

Central China Real Estate Ltd. is offering to pay buyers as much as 160,000 yuan (US$24,000) for their wheat to offset down payments for homes in its River Mansion residential development in Shangqiu, a city in the central province of Henan.

报道中的down payment就是“预付定金”。例如：

She made a 10% down payment on the car.

买车她付了10%的定金。