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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Earnest-money paid to bind a bargain or contract; a pledge. Formerly also spelled arra.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.

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