meed

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nounArchaic.
  1. a reward or recompense.

Origin of meed

1
before 900; Middle English mede,Old English mēd; cognate with German Miete hire; akin to Old English meord,Gothic mizdō,Greek misthós reward

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meed

/ (miːd) /


noun
  1. archaic a recompense; reward

Origin of meed

1
Old English: wages; compare Old High German mēta pay

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