Vadium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pledge or security; bail. archaic

Etymology

From Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *wadja, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”); akin to Old English wedd (“pledge”). More at wed.

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