"earnest money" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: earnest moneys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: earnest-money Translations (money paid): عربون (ʕarbūn) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), капаро (kaparo) (Bulgarian), 保證金 (Chinese Mandarin), 保证金 (bǎozhèngjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 定金 (dìngjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), käsiraha (Finnish), arrhes [feminine, plural] (French), Anzahlung [feminine] (German), foglaló (Hungarian), arrabō [masculine] (Latin), sinal [masculine] (Portuguese), señal [masculine] (Spanish), seña [Argentina, Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), insats [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "money paid",
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