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

• interneuron
• interneurone
• interneurons
• interning
• internist
• internists
• internment
• internments
• internodal
• internode
• internodes
• internodial
• inter nos
• interns
• internship
• internships
• internuncial
• internuncio
• internuncios
• interoceanic
• interoceptive
• interoceptor
• interoceptors
• interocular
• interoperability