单词 | non-paid |
释义 | non-paidn.adj. rare. A letter on which the postage has not been prepaid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1829 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 205 Three twopenny post non-paids in a week. B. adj. Of a worker or workforce: that does not receive payment; (of labour or service) not rewarded with pay. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > not unpaid1434 unwaged1538 unpaid1547 lean1581 unhired1617 wagelessa1618 honorary1631 irremunerateda1648 hireless1651 unsatisfied1654 unsalaried1836 non-paid1866 1866 Galaxy 15 Oct. 351 We [sc. the Mormons] have a non-paid ministry. 1927 D. T. Lynch Boss Tweed 58 This fraternalism was so deep-rooted that it long survived the abolition of the old non-paid force. 1959 S. Lens Crisis of Amer. Labor 47 A growing labor movement needed full-time functionaries in addition to the nonpaid volunteers such as the job stewards. 1994 V. J. Danilov Museum Careers & Training 153 Some museums..seek to orient and train volunteers for part-time, nonpaid work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1829 |
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