French Meaning of handsel

étrennes

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Definitions and Meaning of handsel in English

Webster

handsel (n.)

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.

Price; payment.

To give a handsel to.

To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

FAQs About the word handsel

étrennes

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the

don,Cadeau,présent,présentation,octroi,comp,contribution,don,cadeau,largesse

avance,prêt,pot-de-vin,tremper,douceur,offrande de paix

hands-down => sans conteste, hand-schuller-christian disease => Maladie de Hand-Schüller-Christian, handsbreadth => paume, handsaw fish => Poisson-scie, handsaw => Scie manuelle,