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Whose what?

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crow's feet
god's penny
fool's paradise
winner's circle
writer's block

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PRONUNCIATION:

(godz PEN-ee)

MEANING:

noun: Earnest money: a small sum given to show commitment and to bind a contract in a purchase, with the remaining amount due later.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the earlier belief that some of the earnest money should be devoted to some religious purpose. Earliest documented use: 1340.

USAGE:

"The exchange of God's penny was the common seal of a deal."
N.S.B. Gras; Business and Capitalism; Beard Books; 2003.

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