assiento
Meaning
Noun
- A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing Negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
Origin
- From Spanish asiento ("seat, contract or agreement"), from asentar, from a- + sentar, from Latin ad + *sedentare, from sedens, sedentis.
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