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

• statures
• status
• status bar
• status bars
• statuses
• status quo
• status quo ante
• status symbol
• status symbols
• statutable
• statutably
• statute
• statute-barred
• statute book
• statute books
• statute cap
• statute caps
• statute labour
• statute labours
• rousements
• rouse on
• rouser
• rousers
• rouses
• rousing