"security deposit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: security deposits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} security deposit (plural security deposits)
  1. An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's non-performance of a contractual obligation. Synonyms (money paid in advance): bail Translations (amount of money paid in advance as security): takuutalletus (Finnish), vuokratakuu (Finnish), dépôt de garantie [masculine] (French), caution [feminine] (French), Kaution [feminine] (German), fianza [feminine] (Spanish), caución [feminine] (Spanish), garantía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-security_deposit-en-noun-DFuVPiL9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
          "word": "takuutalletus"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
          "word": "vuokratakuu"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dépôt de garantie"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
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          "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
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      "word": "takuutalletus"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "vuokratakuu"
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      "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
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      "word": "dépôt de garantie"
    },
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      "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "amount of money paid in advance as security",
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      "word": "caución"
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