earnest money

See also: earnest-money

English

Alternative forms

• earnest-money

Noun

earnest money (countable and uncountable, plural earnest moneys)

1. (chiefly US) 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.

Translations

money paid

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: عربون m (ʕarbūn)

• Bulgarian: капаро (bg) (kaparo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保證金／保证金 (zh) (bǎozhèngjīn), 定金 (zh) (dìngjīn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: käsiraha (fi)
• French: arrhes (fr) f pl
• German: Anzahlung (de) f
• Hungarian: foglaló (hu)
• Latin: arrabō m
• Portuguese: sinal (pt) m
• Spanish: señal (es) m, seña (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay)
• Swedish: insats (sv) c