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Wadset

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.

Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It was at this time that Rob⟳ Roy acquired an interest⟳ by purchase⟳, wadset, or otherwise, to the property of Craig Royston already mentioned.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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