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

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

But this system, so convenient for those who could not raise the caution money, or “pawn,” as it was commonly called, was in course of time abandoned.

From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various

He was repaid his caution money in April 1842.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

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

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