Earnest-money
11earnest-money — n. Earnest, pay in advance (to bind a bargain), handsel …
12earnest money — Law. money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract. [1550 60] * * * …
13earnest money — ear nest mon,ey noun uncount AMERICAN money that you pay to show you intend to do what you have promised to do …
14earnest money — noun chiefly US money paid to confirm a contract …
15earnest money — /ˈɜnəst mʌni/ (say ernuhst munee) noun Law a nominal sum, not legally required but sometimes given as a token of intention to abide by a contract …
16earnest money — Deposit made when entering into a contract …
17earnest money — see *God s penny …
18earnest money — A downpayment of part of the purchase price made to bind the bargain. A part payment of the purchase price, within the meaning of the statute of frauds. Goddard v Monitor Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 108 Mass 54; 49 Am J1st Stat of F § 265. A downpayment… …
19deposit of earnest money — See earnest money …
20Earnest — Ear nest, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. arrhes, L. arra, arrha, arrhabo, Gr. arrabw n, of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. [=e]r[=a]v[=o]n; or perh. fr. W. ernes, akin to Gael. earlas, perh. fr. L. arra. Cf. {Arles}, {Earles penny}.] 1. Something given, or… …
