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

• lucky stones
• lucky strike
• lucky strikes
• lucrative
• lucratively
• lucrativeness
• lucre
• lucres
• luctation
• luctations
• lucubrate
• lucubrated
• lucubrates
• lucubrating
• lucubration
• lucubrations
• lucubrator
• lucubrators
• luculent
• luculently
• Lucullan
• Lucullean
• Lucullian
• Lucullic
• lucuma