| 单词 | on earnest |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also in) earnest 1. Money, or a sum of money, paid as an initial instalment, esp. for the purpose of securing a bargain or contract. †Formerly also in on (also in) earnest: by way of earnest, as an instalment (obsolete).Now chiefly legal contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance wordOE costOE earnest1221 fayc1300 certainty1303 wager1306 plighta1325 pledge1371 assurancec1386 undertaking?a1400 faithc1405 surementc1410 to make affiancec1425 earnest pennya1438 warrant1460 trow1515 fidelity1531 stipulation1552 warranty1555 pawn1573 arrha1574 avouchment1574 assumption1590 word of honour1598 avouch1603 assecurance1616 preassurance1635 tower-stamp1642 parole of honour1648 spondence1657 honour1659 society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment > an instalment > earnest money earnest money1349 earnest1424 earnest penny1454 arles1487 bargain-penny1490 handsel1569 impress-money1617 depositum1623 fasting penny1650 deposit1737 arrha1754 handsale1766 fastening penny1811 sign-on1922 1221 in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1888) 5 (MED) Si dicti homines emerint..merchandisam ubi ernes dederint. 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 59 I haue paied him a noble on ernest. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 14 Arneste, or hanselle [1499 Pynson or ernest; a1500 King's Cambr. ansal]. 1454 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 96 (MED) For an ernyste to J. Hykkes in makyng of segs jd. 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 157 Item, my mastyr payd to hym in ernest that schuld make my ladys cloke, iij.s. iiij.d. 1498–9 Nottingham Borough Court Bk. No. 1378. 5 Reseyved of ernys iijd. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 685 As ye see,..after all bargaines, there is a signe thereof made, eyther clapping of hands..or giving some earnest. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 11) 232 An earnest seales the bargaine, a handfull of corne is given to assure the whole field. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 295 Why is not the subarration, the giving of earnest, reciprocal and mutual? Why doth not the woman give somewhat to the man.., as he the Ring to her? 1721 in Aberdeen Jrnl. Notes & Queries (1915) 8 77/1 Given Thomas Spark 6 shil. in earnist to be my halfnets man in the Reack next yeir. 1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 133 Plaintiff paid a guinea earnest. 1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 69 If such portion be accepted by way of earnest. 1988 L. Cox tr. M. I. Braginskii in O. N. Sadikov Soviet Civil Law xix. 201 If the buyer refuses to go through with the purchase of the picture, he may not demand the 500 rubles paid as earnest. 2013 Financial Law Reporter (New Delhi) (Nexis) 15 Apr. Though the contract stipulated that a sum of Rs. 20,000 should be paid as earnest, the buyer did not pay any amount by way of earnest. < as lemmas |
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