earnest money

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earnest money

noun earnest moneys · earnest-money

  1. 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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noun money paid

Españolseñal, seña
中文保證金 /保证金 bǎozhèngjīn, 定金 dìngjīn
Portuguêssinal
Françaisarrhes
DeutschAnzahlung

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@misc{earnest_money_2026,
  title = {earnest money},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/earnest%20money},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}