Meanings
plural security deposits
- An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's nonperformance 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 & antonyms
nounthe amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 訂金 /订金, 保證金 /保证金
- 訂金 /订金 (dìngjīn)amount of money paid in advance as security
- 保證金 /保证金 (bǎozhèngjīn)amount of money paid in advance as security
- 押金 (yājīn)amount of money paid in advance as security
Dutch waarborgsom
- waarborgsomamount of money paid in advance as security
Finnish takuutalletus, vuokratakuu
- takuutalletusamount of money paid in advance as security
- vuokratakuuamount of money paid in advance as security
French dépôt de garantie, caution
- dépôt de garantieamount of money paid in advance as security
- cautionamount of money paid in advance as security
- garantie locativeamount of money paid in advance as security
German Kaution
- Kautionamount of money paid in advance as security
Greek εγγύηση
- εγγύηση (engýisi)amount of money paid in advance as security
Italian deposito cauzionale, cauzione
- deposito cauzionaleamount of money paid in advance as security
- cauzioneamount of money paid in advance as security
Polish kaucja
- kaucjaamount of money paid in advance as security
Spanish fianza, caución
- fianzaamount of money paid in advance as security
- cauciónamount of money paid in advance as security
- garantíaamount of money paid in advance as security
Welsh adnau, bond sicrhad
- adnauamount of money paid in advance as security
- bond sicrhadamount of money paid in advance as security
Cite this entry
security deposit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20deposit
“security deposit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20deposit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “security deposit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20deposit.
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