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heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden.

A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Money paid for the support of a parson. [Scot.] What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for Sir W. Scott.

Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

ll, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. This day have I paid my vows. Prov. vii. 14.

That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Drayton. Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. South.

The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.

One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. Shak.

A toll or tax paid by passengers, entitling them to safe- conduct and protection. [Obs.] Spelman.

A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [Obs.] The stomach's pension, and the time's expense. Sylvester.

A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise.

on. [Cant, U.S.] -- Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also Rome scot, and hearth money. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the p…

Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths. Ainsworth.

Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.

onveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed, to be held by him until the debt is paid out of the rents and profits. -- To hold in pledge, to keep as security. -- To put in pledge, to pawn; to give as security.

or storing. [U. S.] -- Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel. -- Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Cowell. -- Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9. -- Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. -- Pl…

A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. Ayliffe.

Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.