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

• adducted
• adducting
• adduction
• adductions
• adductive
• adductor
• adductors
• adducts
• add up
• add up to
• -ade
• adeem
• adeemed
• adeeming
• adeems
• adelantado
• adelantados
• ademption
• ademptions
• aden-
• adenectomies
• adenectomy
• Adeni
• adenine
• adenines