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front money en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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. (uncountable) 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 · up-front money · advance payment · down payment