1 Making true or good, ratification of a contract or bargain.

2 Earnest money, advance pay- ment, something given in advance as an earnest for the performance of a contract; upādhatta sapatneṣu kṛ- ṣṇāyā gurusaṃnidhau. bhāvamānayane satyāḥ satyaṃkāramivāṃtakaḥ Ki. 11. 50.