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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 916 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HANDSEL , the O . Eng.

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TERM

term for

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EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

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MONEY

money; especially in

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Scotland the first money taken at a

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MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

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FAIR

fair . The termination set is the

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MODERN

modern " sell." "

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Hand " indicates, not a bargain by shaking hands, but the actual putting of the money into the hand . Handsets were also presents or earnests of

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good-will in the

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North; thus Handsel

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MONDAY (in O.E. Monandaeg, the moon's day, a translation of the Late Lat. Lunae dies, from which the French lundi is taken)

Monday, the first Monday in the

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YEAR

year, an occasion for universal tipping,' is the

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EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the

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ENGLISH

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BOXING (M.E. box, a blow, probably from Dan. bask, a buffet)

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day .

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