payent

and n. A Middle English form of pagan. Mi lijf to lede in word & dede As is moost plesaunt to thi pay , And to deie weel whanne it is my day. Payta bark Application of payments, appropriation of payments, the determining which of several obligations shall be extinguished or reduced, when a payment not sufficient to extinguish all is made. Thus, if a debtor owing to the same creditor an open account, a bond, and a note secured by mortgage on the debtor's property pays a sum sufficient to satisfy only one, it is for his interest that it be applied to the mortgage, so as to free his property from incumbrance; and it is for his creditor's interest that it be applied to the open account, which is unsecured, and will be outlawed before the bond. The right of application rests with the debtor at the time of paying. If he does not exercise it, it pa es to the creditor. If neither debtor nor creditor exercises the right, the court, if controversy arises, makes the application on equitable principles. Equation of payments. See equation.- Payment into court, the deposit in due form with an officer of the court of a sum sued for, or of so much as is admitted to be due, for the benefit of the plaintiff if he will accept it. pay mistre (pā'mis"tres), n. A woman who gives money for goods supplied or services rendered. tanical writer.] A genus of gamopetalous paynelt, n. An obsolete spelling of pain1 . trees of the order Sapotaceæ , characterized by payne2t, n. A Middle English form of pagan . Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 14. four sepals, eight petals, and sixteen stamens. It was more for King Corn walls pleasure Then it was for King Arthurs pay . IMG:content-2500.png:[blocks in formation] Deferred pay. See defer2.- Full pay, the official allowance without deduction to officers of the army and navy, as for active service. Good (or bad) pay, sure (or not to be trusted) to pay debts: said of persons. [Colloq.] -Half pay. See half -pay. In the pay of, hired by; employed for pay by: as, he was in the pay of the company for many years. - Pay dirt, pay gravel, in gold - mining, gravel or sand containing a sufficient amount of gold to be profitably worked. See dirt. O, why did papa strike pay gravel In drifting on Poverty Flat? Bret Harte , Her Letter, Pay-streak, in gold - mining, that part of the gravel in which the gold is chiefly concentrated. [Placer-mining of the Pacific States.] The term is sometimes, but rarely, used to denote the valuable or paying part of a lode or metalliferous deposit inclosed in the solid rock. = Syn. 2. Wages, etc. See salary. pay2 (pā), v. t. [Prob. or a rope. In stead of Pitch, we made mixed with oyle, and as the Carpenters calked her, I and another paied the seames with this plaster. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, II. 118. Paying ladle. See ladle . - The devil to pay. See devil. payable (pā'a-bl), a . [ payable = Sp. pa gable = Pg. pagavel = It. pagabile , pаса bilis , payable, pacare , pay: see payl .] 1. That can be paid, or is to be paid; capable of being paid. Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. South . 2. To be paid; due: as, bills payable ; homage or allegiance payable to the sovereign. - Due and payably (pā'a-bli), adv . To the extent of being profitable. Their lower beds have been found to be payably aurif erous. Ure, Dict., IV. 427. pay-bill (pā'bil), n . A bill or statement specifying the amount of money to be paid, as to workmen, soldiers, and the like. pay-car (pā'kär), n. In railroad service, a car in which a paymaster travels from point to point along the line, to pay the employees. pay-clerk (pā'klėrk), n. 1. A clerk who pays wages.-2. A clerk to a paymaster in the United States army or navy. pay-corps (pā kōr), n. In the United States navy, the corps of paymasters. paydt, p. a. An old spelling of paid. pay-day (pā'dā), n. The day when payment is to be made or debts are to be discharged; the day on which wages or money is stipulated to be paid; in stock - jobbing, the day on which a transfer of stock must be completed and paid for. There are 6 or 7 species, natives of the Malay peninsula leaves minutely clothed with reddish scurf or with silky hairs, and small clusters of pediceled flowers in the axils, each cluster usually producing a single ovate-oblong berry. See gutta - putih. and archipelago. They are trees with milky juice, rigid payer (pa'er), n. [