"earnest money" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "Money",
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      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-earnest_money-en-noun-ACUxkaFx",
      "links": [
        [
          "deposit",
          "deposit"
        ],
        [
          "intent",
          "intent"
        ],
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ],
        [
          "purchased",
          "purchased"
        ],
        [
          "real estate",
          "real estate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "earnest-money"
        }
      ],
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        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕarbūn",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عربون"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kaparo",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "word": "капаро"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "word": "保證金"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǎozhèngjīn",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "word": "保证金"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dìngjīn",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "word": "定金"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "word": "käsiraha"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "arrhes"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anzahlung"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "word": "foglaló"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arrabō"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "señal"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "seña"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "money paid",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "insats"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "earnest money"
}

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      "form": "earnest moneys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "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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          "deposit",
          "deposit"
        ],
        [
          "intent",
          "intent"
        ],
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ],
        [
          "purchased",
          "purchased"
        ],
        [
          "real estate",
          "real estate"
        ]
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        "(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."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    {
      "word": "earnest-money"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕarbūn",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عربون"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaparo",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "word": "капаро"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "word": "保證金"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎozhèngjīn",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "word": "保证金"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìngjīn",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "word": "定金"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "word": "käsiraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "arrhes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anzahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "word": "foglaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrabō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "señal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "seña"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "money paid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "insats"
    }
  ],
  "word": "earnest money"
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