security deposit

English

Noun

security deposit (plural security deposits)

1. An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's non-performance of a contractual obligation.

   The landlord demanded one month's security deposit for rent, another for damage to the apartment, and one month's rent in advance.

Synonyms

• (money paid in advance): bail

Translations

amount of money paid in advance as security

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: takuutalletus, vuokratakuu
• French: dépôt de garantie (fr) m, caution (fr) f
• German: Kaution (de) f
• Spanish: fianza (es) f, caución (es) f, garantía (es) f
• Welsh: adnau m or f, bond sicrhad m or f