wadset
/ (ˈwɒdˌsɛt) Scots law /
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noun
another name for mortgage
verb -sets, -setting or -setted
(tr) to pledge or mortgage
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Word Origin for wadset
C14: wad, a Scottish variant of wed + set 1; compare Old English wedd settan to deposit a pledge
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How to use wadset in a sentence
The estates of Glengyle were pledged, or, as it is called in Scotland, "under a contract of wadset."
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