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

• governable
• governall
• governalls
• governance
• governances
• governante
• governantes
• governed
• governess
• governess car
• governess cars
• governess cart
• governessed
• governesses
• governessing
• governessy
• governing
• governing bodies
• governing body
• government
• governmental
• governmental atonement
• governmental Atonement
• governmentally
• governmental theory of the Atonement