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

• vest pocket
• vest-pocket
• vest pockets
• vestral
• vestries
• vestry
• vestry-clerk
• vestry-clerks
• vestryman
• vestrymen
• vestry-room
• vestry-rooms
• vestrywoman
• vests
• vestural
• vesture
• vestured
• vesturer
• vesturers
• vestures
• vesturing
• Vesuvian
• vesuvianite
• vesuvianites
• Vesuvians