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589 words match “PAY”

RYOT n.
or cultivator of the soil. [India] The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world. The Nation.
SALARY v.
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
SALUTATION n.
The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting. In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst…
SATISFACTION n. 2 definitions
Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation. We shall make full satisfaction. Shak.
SATISFY v. 3 definitions
To pay to the extent of chaims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
SAY v.
tive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble Shak. It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. -- That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.…
SCANTLE v.
nt; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. [Obs.] All their pay Must your discretion scantle; keep it back. J. Webster.
SCHOOL n.
blished by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accomodation for all children in their dictrict. -- School commitee, School board, an elected commitee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, tow…
SCOT n.
nd regarded collectivelly. Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. Emerson.
SCOT-FREE a.
Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang.
SCRIP n. 2 definitions
Call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. Shak. Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till scrips of paper can be made current coin. Locke.
SECURITY n.
ged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay.
SEIGNIORAGE n.
A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.
SEINE n.
or drawn ashore incloses the fish. Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.
SEMIMONTHLY a.
Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment. -- n.
SEQUESTER v.
to enforce the decrees of the court. And now the profits of a benefice are sequestered to pay the debts of ecclesiastics. Blackstone.
SERF n.
to have been called serfs, and distinguished from villeins, who were only bound to fixed payments and duties in respect of their lord, though, as it seems, without any legal redress if injured by him. Hallam.
SERVE v.
y . . . who had before been great commanders, but now served as private gentlemen without pay. Knolles.
SERVILE a.
; servile fear; servile obedience. She must bend the servile knee. Thomson. Fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak.
SETTLE v.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] Abbott.
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