dead-pay
dead-pay · dead-pays
Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payrollPay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.
c. 1621-1626, Philip Massinger, The Unnatural Combat O you commanders, / That, like me, have no dead-pays.
(countable, uncountable)A dead soldier whose pay is illicitly claimed by another person.
Forms
plural: dead-paysWord family
1 related wordsRelatedmortpay
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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