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 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

Through his hands, I deposited the caution money in the coffers of the State, and the paper, la Révolution Sociale, made its appearance....

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

He was repaid his caution money in April 1842.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

The amount of caution money which newspapers are required to deposit is increased, and the system of postage stamps is introduced.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

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

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.