Vocabulary:

[roniy]

If you go to a place that everything you buy inside you pay only when you leave the place. But you must leave some valuable at the front desk as a _____________ what guarantees that you will pay in the end of your visit.

Would you call that a "guarantee" ????
or maybe you familiar with better words ????

I know "deposit" would be correct here, right ? Because I know deposit we use when you want to reserve a place for you selebration so you pay an initial amount of money to guarantee that you will selebrate there.

 

[. 1]

Deposit is the first word that springs to my mind.

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[foxfirebrand]

Deposit is the first word that springs to my mind.

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The expression is, you are leaving something valuable "as a security." The "a" is necessary. "Security deposit" reflects this unusual sense of the word (which took the place of the word surety)-- but that phrase refers only to money left as a security.
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[roniy]

"as a security."

Thank you two
but I have one last question.
fox you said that with "security", in this context, you say "as a security".

And from the first post I understand that "deposit" would work here.
So how would you say that :

"You have to leave something as a security/on deposit"

"on deposit" correct here ??? i mean the preposition ??

 

[foxfirebrand]

"On deposit" sounds fine, assuming the context shows what the situation is. I can also see where it would apply to something other than money.
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[roniy]

"On deposit" sounds fine, assuming the context shows what the situation is. I can also see where it would apply to something other than money.
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Thank you so much.
I appreciate your help

 

[. 1]

Thank you so much.
I appreciate your help

This is why we do it.

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Appreciation is very powerful.