Question 1

Where does the French word "arrhes" come from?

Accepted Answer

from Latin arrha (or arra) ('pledge'), an abbreviated form of arrhabo ('first instalment'), from Ancient Greek ἀρραβών, arrabōn, from the Semitic word ערבון.

Question 2

What is the definition of the French word "arrhes"?

Accepted Answer

A sum of money paid at the time of signing a contract as a pledge.
Money that a buyer or tenant gives to guarantee the execution of a verbal contract and which they lose if they break the contract.
Assurance, pledge.

Question 3

How to translate "arrhes" into german?

Accepted Answer

Anzahlung

arrhes

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