earnest² /ûrˈnist/

1. Payment given to confirm a contract (also earˈnest-money or earˈnest-penny)
2. A pledge
3. A sign or foretaste of what is to come
4. First-fruits

• whole-tone scale
• wholewheat
• wholism
• wholisms
• wholist
• wholistic
• wholists
• who'll
• wholly
• wholly-owned
• wholphin
• wholphins
• whom
• whomble
• whombled
• whombles
• whombling
• whomever
• whommle
• whommled
• whommles
• whommling
• whomsoever
• whoobub
• whoobubs