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An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's non-performance of a contractual obligation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The landlord demanded one month's security deposit for rent, another for damage to the apartment, and one month's rent in advance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: margin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: down payment, deposit
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
訂金 /订金
(dìngjīn)
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Chinese Mandarin:
保證金 /保证金
(bǎozhèngjīn)
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Chinese Mandarin:
押金
(yājīn)
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Dutch:
waarborgsom
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Finnish:
takuutalletus
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Finnish:
vuokratakuu
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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French:
dépôt de garantie
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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French:
caution
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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French:
garantie locative
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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German:
Kaution
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Greek:
εγγύηση
(engýisi)
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Italian:
deposito cauzionale
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Italian:
cauzione
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Polish:
kaucja
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Spanish:
fianza
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Spanish:
caución
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Spanish:
garantía
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Welsh:
adnau
— amount of money paid in advance as security
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Welsh:
bond sicrhad
— amount of money paid in advance as security
