# Pre-authorisation

- **Pre-authorisation**: The bank blocks the deposit without taking it. A rental company still needs a reason and a notice before it takes money from it. (en: Pre-authorisation, es: Preautorización / retención, it: Preautorizzazione / blocco, fr: Pré-autorisation / empreinte bancaire, de: Vorautorisierung / Blockierung, pt: Pré-autorização, el: Προέγκριση, nl: Reservering op je creditcard, pl: Preautoryzacja / blokada, sv: Reservation på kortet, cs: Předautorizace / blokace, da: Reservation på kortet, hr: Predautorizacija)