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

• newsless
• newsletter
• newsletters
• news magazine
• newsmagazine
• news magazines
• newsmagazines
• newsman
• newsmen
• newsmonger
• newsmongers
• newspaper
• newspaperdom
• newspaperdoms
• newspaperism
• newspaperisms
• newspaperman
• newspapermen
• newspapers
• newspaperwoman
• newspaperwomen
• Newspeak
• Newspeaks
• newsprint
• newsprints