Assiento

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assiento \As`si*en"to\, n. [Sp. asiento seat, contract or
     agreement, fr. asentar to place on a chair, to adjust, to
     make an agreement; a (L. ad) + sentar, a participial verb; as
     if there were a L. sedentare to cause to sit, fr. sedens,
     sedentis, p. pr. of sed?re to sit.]
     A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for


     furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America,
     esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
     [1913 Webster]