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wadset
/ ˈwɒdˌsɛt /
verb
- tr to pledge or mortgage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wadset1
C14: wad, a Scottish variant of wed + set 1; compare Old English wedd settan to deposit a pledge
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Example Sentences
The estates of Glengyle were pledged, or, as it is called in Scotland, "under a contract of wadset."
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