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To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.

In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.

A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of a court; esp., one of a series of special days, designated by scientists of different nations or stations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or other physical observations.

Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses during the term, and becoming void upon its expiration.

A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

house officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift.

Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands.

Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.

Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. Drayton.

ve business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell. -- Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. -- Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring…

e or bill issued by government authority from the Treasury Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the government.

A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.

Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. Shak.

To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment. Shak.

to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.

That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages. "My day's wage." Sir W. Scott. "At least I earned my wage." Thackeray. "Pay them a wage in advance." J. Morley. "The wages of virtue." Tennyson. By Tom Thumb…

See Wayment. [Obs.]

system, an arrangement for lodging imported articles in the customhouse stores, without payment of duties until they are taken out for home consumption. If reëxported, they are not charged with a duty. See Bonded warehouse, under Bonded, a.