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.

如有中标，那么在开标后的一周内，我们把保证金或保证函退还给投标人。

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.

这个职务给他每年带来四万法郎的入，十年做下来，他已偿还了保证金，并且还替我妹妹攒下了嫁妆。