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

It used to be the custom that all students at entrance should deposit “caution money,” which was returned to them on graduation.

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

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Exchequer bills �9,923,480 Liabilities on behalf of communes and public   establishments, including departmental services 17,366,520 Deposit and current accounts of Caisse des   d�p�ts, &c., including savings banks 15,328,840 Caution money of Tr�soriers payeurs-g�n�raux 1,431,680 Other liabilities 6,456,200   ————— Total of floating debt �50,506,720 Departmental Finances.—Every department has a budget of its own, which is prepared and presented by the prefect, voted by the departmental council and approved by decree of the president of the republic.

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The press was subjected to a system of cautionnements, i.e. “caution money,” deposited as a guarantee of good behaviour, and avertissements, i.e. requests by the authorities to cease publication of certain articles, under pain of suspension or suppression; while books were subject to a censorship.

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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.

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