SECURITY DEPOSIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does security deposit mean? 

• SECURITY DEPOSIT (noun)
  The noun SECURITY DEPOSIT has 1 sense:

1. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

  Familiarity information: SECURITY DEPOSIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECURITY DEPOSIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

margin; security deposit

Hypernyms ("security deposit" is a kind of...):

deposit; down payment (a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later)