Usually means: Advance payment for potential damages.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word security deposit:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. security deposit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. security deposit: Merriam-Webster
  3. security deposit: Vocabulary.com
  4. security deposit: Wiktionary
  5. security deposit: Dictionary.com
  6. Security deposit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. security deposit: Rhymezone
  8. security deposit: FreeDictionary.org
  9. security deposit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. security deposit: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. security deposit: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. security deposit: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Security deposit (initial): bizterms.net
  10. Security deposit, Security deposit: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  11. Security deposit (initial): Harvey Financial
  12. Security deposit: Futures and Options Market Terminology
  13. Security Deposit: Investopedia
  14. Security Deposit: Legal dictionary
  15. security deposit: Financial dictionary
  16. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  17. Security deposit (initial), Security deposit (maintenance): WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. security deposit: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. security deposit: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (security deposit)

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

Similar:
margin, deposit, earnest, caution money, statutory deposit, gage, deposit contract, deposit protection, time deposit, surety, more...

Opposite:
advance payment, non-refundable fee, liability

Types:
refundable, non-refundable, pet deposit, damage deposit, key deposit, last month's rent, more...

Phrases:
security deposit (initial), more...

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Similar:
margin, deposit, earnest, caution money, statutory deposit, gage, deposit contract, deposit protection, time deposit, surety, more...

Opposite:
advance payment, non-refundable fee, liability

Types:
refundable, non-refundable, pet deposit, damage deposit, key deposit, last month's rent, more...

Phrases:
security deposit (initial), more...



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