front money

n. money paid in advance; earnest money. I put up a lot of front money and have nothing to show for it.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gerda (1)	GER-dah (German), KHER-dah (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Neo (1)	-	Southern African, Tswana
Pollock	['pɔlək]
Kiyoko	kee-yo-ko	Japanese
Achille	a-SHEEL (French), ah-KEEL-le (Italian)	French, Italian
Bacharach	['bækəræk]