Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dead-pay.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
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- noun obsolete The
crime of takingpay for theservice ofdead soldiers , or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
Etymologies
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French mort dead + English pay.
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