arles : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arles	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for arles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arles n money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract [syn: earnest money, arles]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arles \Arles\, n. pl. [Cf. F. arrhes, Scot. airles. Cf. {Earles penny}.] An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] {Arles penny}, earnest money given to servants. --Kersey.