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caution money

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noun

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

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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 the spring the students who had paid their dues were not given back the caution money they had deposited because “no funds were available.”

From McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 by MacMillan, Cyrus

The amount of caution money which newspapers are required to deposit is increased, and the system of postage stamps is introduced.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

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.

He was repaid his caution money in April 1842.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas