Meaning

1 senses
  1. An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's nonperformance of a contractual obligation.

    The landlord demanded one month's security deposit for rent, another for damage to the apartment, and one month's rent in advance.

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More definitions
  • the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Do you require a security deposit?

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  2. I want to get my security deposit back.

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  3. Our landlord didn't want to return our security deposit.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
amount of money paid in advance as security:

Forms

plural: security deposits

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities:margin

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbail

See also

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