EARNEST MONEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does earnest money mean? 

• EARNEST MONEY (noun)
  The noun EARNEST MONEY has 1 sense:

1. money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract

  Familiarity information: EARNEST MONEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EARNEST MONEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

arles; earnest money

Hypernyms ("earnest money" is a kind of...):

earnest (something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract)