earnest money
earnest money · earnest moneys
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Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchasedMoney paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.
Meaning
1 senses(US, countable, uncountable)Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.
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More definitions
- money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
money paid:
Forms
plural: earnest moneysSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract:arles
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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