meed
A gift; bribeA gift; bribe.
» History's page hath yielded to thee her meed of praise.
Значення
значень: 3A gift; bribe.
(застаріле)Merit; worth.
(архаїчне, книжне)A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward; award.
1880, translation by Richard Francis Burton of Os Lusiadas, Canto IX, stanza 93 by Luís de Camões Better to merit and the meed to miss, than, lacking merit, every meed possess.
- a fitting reward
Приклади
речень: 1History's page hath yielded to thee her meed of praise.
Походження
From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward,From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”).
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