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act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger. To pay attention to, To pay one's attentions to, to be courteous or attentive to; to wait upon as a lover; to court.

A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.] It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its b…

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. Kennet.

Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

he consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle.

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

ecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. Ban of the empire (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.…

Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.]

ing one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.

Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

drawee, -- after acceptance, the acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See Exchange. Chitty. -- Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a publi…

A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

e customhouse. -- Bonded warehouse, a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.

m given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.