wadset

/ (ˈwɒdˌsɛt) Scots law /


noun
  1. another name for mortgage

verb-sets, -setting or -setted
  1. (tr) to pledge or mortgage

Origin of wadset

1
C14: wad, a Scottish variant of wed + set 1; compare Old English wedd settan to deposit a pledge

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