† dead payn.

Etymology: Compare French morte-paye.

Obsolete.

1. Pay continued to a soldier, etc. no longer in active service; a soldier receiving such pay.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay of troops > soldier's pay > soldier receiving pay but not serving

dead pay1585

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. iv. 76 b When these men..can serve no longer in the warres..they are sent as..keepers of castles and towns, whom we do cal dead payes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Morte-payes, Dead-payes; Souldiers in ordinarie pay, for the gard of a fortresse, or frontier Towne, during their liues.

1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 339 The citizens and Dead-payes nabb'd the French at unawares.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2196/1 Janisaries..that being Superannuated..receive a dead Pay of so much a day.

2. Pay continued in the name of a soldier or sailor actually dead or discharged, and appropriated by the officer; a person in whose name such pay is drawn. (Cf. dead-share n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.)

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > types of servicemen's pay

dead pay1565

imprest1568

mort-pay1588

X factor1969

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > property acquired by theft or fraud > specific

dead pay1565

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1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 25^v Like a couetous captaine, wyll needes indent for a dead pay.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 45 Like to some vnfaithfull Captaine, that hath..filled his purse with dead paies, made vp the number of his companies with borrowed men.

1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iv. ii. sig. I^v O you commanders That like me have no dead paies, nor can couzen The Commissary at a muster.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 13 Oct. (1971) IV. 334 The King..mustering the guards the other day himself; where he found reason to dislike their condition..finding so many absent men or dead pays.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Dead-pay, that given formerly in shares, or for names borne, but for which no one appears.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	dead pay
释义	† dead payn. Etymology: Compare French morte-paye. Obsolete. 1. Pay continued to a soldier, etc. no longer in active service; a soldier receiving such pay. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay of troops > soldier's pay > soldier receiving pay but not serving dead pay1585 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. iv. 76 b When these men..can serve no longer in the warres..they are sent as..keepers of castles and towns, whom we do cal dead payes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Morte-payes, Dead-payes; Souldiers in ordinarie pay, for the gard of a fortresse, or frontier Towne, during their liues. 1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 339 The citizens and Dead-payes nabb'd the French at unawares. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2196/1 Janisaries..that being Superannuated..receive a dead Pay of so much a day. 2. Pay continued in the name of a soldier or sailor actually dead or discharged, and appropriated by the officer; a person in whose name such pay is drawn. (Cf. dead-share n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > types of servicemen's pay dead pay1565 imprest1568 mort-pay1588 X factor1969 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > property acquired by theft or fraud > specific dead pay1565 mort-pay1588 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 25^v Like a couetous captaine, wyll needes indent for a dead pay. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 45 Like to some vnfaithfull Captaine, that hath..filled his purse with dead paies, made vp the number of his companies with borrowed men. 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iv. ii. sig. I^v O you commanders That like me have no dead paies, nor can couzen The Commissary at a muster. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 13 Oct. (1971) IV. 334 The King..mustering the guards the other day himself; where he found reason to dislike their condition..finding so many absent men or dead pays. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Dead-pay, that given formerly in shares, or for names borne, but for which no one appears. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1565
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