保证金

If one fails to win the award, the cash deposit or the letter of guarantee shall be returned to the bedder within one week after the decision on award is declared.

如果没有中，那么在开后的一周内，们把保证金或保证函退人。

The Collectorship brings in forty thousand francs a year and, during the ten years he has held it, he has paid off his bond and set about putting a dowry for my sister to one side.

这个职务他每年带来四万法郎的入，十年做下来，他已偿了保证金，并且妹妹攒下了嫁妆。