caution money

British  

noun

1. a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc

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Example Sentences

I was called upon to deposit no less than �11,000 at Belmont's bank as caution money on the signing of the contract.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.

In the transaction �140,000, raised from the sale of bonds, was set aside as "caution money" by Mason and Slidell, who wished, for political considerations, to keep the stock at par.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

Item, that no one henceforth take privileges or other documents from the monastery without a deposit of caution money, or taking oath to return the same within three months, under like pain of excommunication.

From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Butler, Samuel

Through his hands, I deposited the caution money in the coffers of the State, and the paper, la Révolution Sociale, made its appearance....

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

In old English it is called caution money.

From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)