front money

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noun
  1. money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.

  2. capital necessary to begin a business enterprise.

  1. Also called advance fee. money furnished by a company to a financier under a promise to procure funds for it.

Origin of front money

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use front money in a sentence

  • He hastily signed a traveler's check for the advance fee, then the four hiked back to the hotel and got down to business.

    The Pirates of Shan | Harold Leland Goodwin