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

• papaprelatists
• paparazzi
• paparazzo
• papas
• Papaver
• Papaveraceae
• papaveraceous
• papaverine
• papaverines
• papaverous
• papaw
• papaws
• papaya
• papayas
• pap-boat
• pap-boats
• pape
• paper
• paperback
• paperbacked
• paperbacking
• paperbacks
• paperbark
• paperbarks
• paper-birch