caution money

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noun

mainly British a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc

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Words nearby caution money

cauterize, cautery, caution, cautionary, cautionary tale, caution money, cautious, Cauvery, cav., Cava, cavachon

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How to use caution money in a sentence

They pay down a certain sum, as caution-money, to some mandarin, and the latter answers for them.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
I was called upon to deposit no less than 11,000 at Belmont's bank as caution money on the signing of the contract.
The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I|James H. Mapleson
You forfeit your ten thousand gulden caution-money: you shall never see that again.
Timar's Two Worlds|Mr Jkai
It is now not only the want of the caution-money which separates him from you, but also that nasty bog called Debt.
Eyes Like the Sea|Mr Jkai

By the intervention of her lawyer, and with my consent as her guardian, Bessy recovered her deposited caution-money.
Eyes Like the Sea|Mr Jkai