| 单词 | hand money |
| 释义 | > as lemmashand money hand money n. †(a) (originally Scottish) ready money, cash (obsolete); (b) (now U.S. regional) a sum of money pledged as a guarantee of full payment for something; (now esp.) an initial payment given as a sign that the buyer is in earnest when purchasing real estate (cf. earnest money at earnest n.2 Compounds 1). ΚΠ 1639 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 264 Anye that pleisit to bye the samin for sewin merkis the boll hand money. 1762 G. Colman Musical Lady (Dublin ed.) i. 21 O. Mask. Married! to whom? Freem. To a lady of fortune—rich, young, and handsome—A girl with thirty thousand pound in hand money, Mr. Mask. 1864 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. (1865) II. 383 Beer and a shilling hand-money do the rest [of the recruiting-sergeant's work]. 1885 S. Fallows Progressive Dict. Eng. Lang. Hand-money, earnest money; money paid to bind a contract or bargain. 1959 Changing Times Apr. 8/2 Earnest money. This is a small sum a prospective buyer turns over to show that he means business in offering to buy a property... In some localities, it is called ‘hand money’. 2002 T. J. Bellairs et al. Mod. Real Estate Pract. in Pa. (ed. 9) 198 Brokers are responsible for depositing funds they receive that belong to others (for example, hand money and security deposits) into an escrow account. < as lemmas |
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