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

• fixed idea
• fixed ideas
• fixed income
• fixed incomes
• fixed-interest
• fixed light
• fixedly
• fixedness
• fixednesses
• fixed odds
• fixed oils
• fixed-penalty
• fixed-price
• fixed-rate
• fixed satellite
• fixed satellites
• fixed stars
• fixed-wheel bicycle
• fixed-wheel bicycles
• fixed-wing aircraft
• fixer
• fixers
• fixer-upper
• fixer-uppers
• fixes