earnest-money

A form of earnest money — 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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounearnest-money (countable and uncountable, plural earnest-moneys)

plural earnest-moneys

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of earnest money.
Cite this entry
APA

earnest-money. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earnest-money

MLA

“earnest-money.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earnest-money. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earnest-money,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earnest-money.

Source: earnest-money on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.