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nexum

nexum noun: a contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).

Noun

nexum

  1. A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).

Origin of nexum

Learned borrowing from Latin nexum.

Questions about nexum

What does nexum mean?
Nexum means a contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).
What part of speech is nexum?
Nexum is a noun.

Words near nexum in the dictionary

  1. nextish
  2. nextly
  3. nextness
  4. nextnesses
  5. NeXTSTEP
  6. nexum
  7. nexus
  8. nexus flip
  9. nexus flipped
  10. nexus flipping
  11. nexus flips

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