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

• wage freezes
• wage fund theory
• wageless
• wagenboom
• wagenbooms
• wage packet
• wage packets
• wage plug
• wage plugs
• wage-push inflation
• wager
• wager boat
• wager boats
• wagered
• wagerer
• wagerers
• wagering
• wager of battle
• wager of law
• wagers
• wagers of battle
• wages
• wages council
• wages councils
• wages fund theory