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front money

front money noun: money paid for goods or services in advance, sometimes through an intermediary.

Noun

front money (uncountable)

  1. Money paid for goods or services in advance, sometimes through an intermediary.
    • Near-synonym: down payment
    • "I wouldn't have given him any front money. I don't trust him that much."1997, Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, →ISBN, page 173
  2. Capital which is required in order to establish a business and begin operations.
    • Promoters of SMR deals usually charge investors thousands of dollars in front money to help them obtain SMR licenses, and later solicit more money to build the systems.1994 June 27, “Information Highwaymen”, in Business Week, retrieved 19 Apr 2011
    Synonyms:
    up-front money

Synonyms of front money

Questions about front money

What does front money mean?
Front money means money paid for goods or services in advance, sometimes through an intermediary.
What part of speech is front money?
Front money is a noun.

Words near front money in the dictionary

  1. front loaders
  2. front loads
  3. front man
  4. front matter
  5. front men
  6. front money
  7. front name
  8. front names
  9. Front National
  10. front nine
  11. front nines

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