Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earnest money

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
earnest -money
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

earnest moneys (plural) earnest-money (alternative)

Synonyms

arles

Questions

What does earnest money mean?
Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.

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