(obsolete, Scotland) To mortgage land.
(obsolete, Scotland) To mortgage land.
(obsolete, Scotland) The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.
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Scots legal and historical term. A wadset was an early mortgage-like arrangement where land was pledged for a debt; the wadsetter was the creditor who held the land until repayment. The term appears in Scottish estate records and Walter Scott's novels, giving it a period literary flavour.
(Scotland) A person who holds tenure by wadset.
(transitive, UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) To set (a place) with an ambush.
The act of settling.
Wadset means: The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
wadset means: The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.. Register: archaic, historical. Almost never used today; you will find it only in older texts, dictionaries of dialect, or historical writing. Avoid in active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.