单词 | paying |
释义 | payingn.1ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > action or fact of giving pleasure likingeOE paying1340 well-pleasinga1382 thankfulness1500 pleasuringc1565 gratification1598 pleasing1895 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 216 (MED) God ne heþ naȝt to done mid zuyche payinges ine his cherche ac of milde herte. 1494 W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (de Worde) i. lxiii Vayne gladnes & well payeng of thiselfe. 2. The action of recompensing a person with money, or of giving money in return for something; the action of paying a tax, fine, wage, etc.; payment.See also paying back n., paying in n., paying off n., paying out n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > action of paying payment1389 payingc1390 solution1489 mail-paying1581 settlement1729 paying out1863 pestering1936 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 159 (MED) He þouhte so muche on his wynnyng, ffor-ȝat þe day of his paȝying. 1398 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 212/2 Touching the paying of custume of..hors and nowte. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 1899 (MED) Persiens..Withoute merci or payeng of raunsoun, With kyng Darie wer put to gret repreeff. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 163 He is nocht..to put him self jn pouertee..for his fynaunce paying. 1515–16 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 415/1 Wythout ony paing of males or dewiteis thairfor. 1542 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 91 For..paying of marynall wageis. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gabellage, a customing; an imposing or paying of custome. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 60 They are to mannage the paying of their own workmen. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4195/1 His Majesty had received a..Supply of Money.., for the paying and subsisting..of his..troops. 1777 in New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. 7 68 That..he leave the paying for Barrack room..to a special Committee. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxiii. 289 She had a cab. Everything was done properly, even to the paying. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xii. 211 Lucy insisted, when she was with men, on doing as much of the paying as possible. 1992 I. Marsh Crime (BNC) 5 The breaking of civil law results in less severe penalties, often the paying of compensation. 3. The discharging of a duty, obligation, or promise; the action of paying court, heed, attention, etc., to a person or thing. ΚΠ 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa (new ed.) I. iv. sig. Ggg2 I should more indanger it [sc. my safety] by going away without assuring you of this duty than I doe in the paying of it. 1696 T. Dilke Lover's Luck ii. 10 Nor shall I ever be asham'd of the sincere Zeal I shall religiously manifest, in the paying of my Devotion to so Divine a Being as your self. 1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) XIV. xxviii. 13 The paying of court..to the haughty cardinal. 1843 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 366 That paying of court to the domestic clique..is the last sacrifice that true intellect is disposed to make. 1894 H. D. Rawnsley Idylls & Lyrics of Nile xliii. 91 That unto the gods might be given Gifts and due paying of vows. 1956 R. L. Schoenwald Freud ii. 44 He had seen what became play therapy, a systematically serious paying of attention to what children said with toys, gestures, words. 1988 J. Clute Strokes vii. 39 Factual howlers do still abound, despite Delany's paying of thanks—‘for myriad microimprovements’—to three colleagues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). payingn.2 Chiefly Nautical. The action of pay v.2; the smearing of a substance on a surface. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > cleaning and recoating bottom > covering bottom with tar paying1691 payment1778 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 36 The only..Defence of Ships against the Worm..was the paying the Hulls from the Waters edge downwards with Stuff. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) A new Coat of Tallow and Soap, or one of Train-Oil, Rosin and Brimestone,..is put upon her, that is called Paying of a Ship. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 367 Having by that time compleated the new sheathing of the first course..they continued..the paying and sheathing the bottom. 1848 R. C. Taylor Statistics of Coal 246 In the bay of Havana, the shore, at low water, abounds with asphalte and bituminous shales, in sufficient quantity for the paying of vessels, as a substitute for tar. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Paying-ladle, an iron ladle with a long channelled spout opposite to the handle; it is used to pour melted pitch into the seams. 1882 W. Morris Hopes & Fears for Art iv. 137 A mere paying it over with four coats of tinted lead-pigment. 1963 J. H. Parry Age of Reconnaissance iv. 71 The caulker had charge of everything to do with water-tightness—the caulking and paying of seams, and the graving of the bottom with tallow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). payingadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying payinga1500 satisfying1536 contentful1542 contenting1548 contentive1593 well-contenting1605 satiating1611 filling1626 contentsome1632 comfortable1769 a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxviii. 36 This oste of louynge sall be mare payand til god than the offrynge of the kalfe in the ald laghe. 2. Designating a person who pays money for a product, service, place, etc.Used esp. when the product or service for which money is paid may be available to others free of charge. ΚΠ 1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband Prol. A Paying Nation hates the Fighting Trade, And Lingring War in usual Methods made. 1828 J. F. Cooper Red Rover II. i. 8 It is well known who you are, and that you came on board the ‘Caroline’ a paying passenger. 1845 W. C. Macready Diary 15 Nov. (1912) II. 310 The performance would not be endured from ordinary, or rather regular actors, by a paying audience. 1901 Munsey's Mag. July 587/1 There were so many offerings which critics and first night audiences liked,..which the paying public regarded with indifference. 1989 M. Kumin Nurture i. 10 Paying multitudes who fill the stands and scream to see these mammals leap in synchrony. 3. Designating a person who administers payments. ΚΠ 1839 Times 5 Sept. 5/4 The paying teller has never given a bond since his promotion from from the office of discount clerk. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls 249 In the confusion the paying teller, and the cashier..are clouted about. 1964 Financial Times 10 Feb. 8/7 The four principals..together with the First National City Bank, of New York, and the Kredietbank Luxembourg, have been appointed as paying agents. 1991 Sc. Banker Aug. 29/1 The paying banker had to examine every ‘order’ cheque presented for payment and return any which were not endorsed. 4. Profitable, remunerative; (also in extended use) rewarding.Occasionally used predicatively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable winning1435 lucrous1511 beneficial1526 lucrative1526 gainful1561 profitful1568 gainsome1579 profiting1590 requiteful1607 pennisome1631 lucriferous1648 opulent1648 emolumental1664 quick1681 well-metalleda1734 pay-rent1742 profitable1758 emolumentary1775 remunerative1813 economical1815 repaying1820 well-paying1832 benefited1837 paying1841 payable1855 money-making1887 economic1899 bankable1927 megadollar1963 money-spinning1973 1841 Times 5 June 4/2 It is a paying concern, and to any person who could devote a part of his time to the interests of the same a comfortable income may be secured. 1853 E. Clacy Lady's Visit Gold Diggings Austral. 111 The two holes were ‘bottomed’ before noon with no paying result. 1871 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1869–70 8 238 We need not expect to get a paying crop from stiff clays. 1920 D. J. Knight in P. F. Warner Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) i. 33 The first of the leg strokes, the leg glide, is a glorious one to watch, and is exceedingly paying. 1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 414 It is likely to be many years before stratosphere flight..will become the commercially paying proposition which its enthusiasts believe it ultimately will be. 1987 J. Humphreys Rich in Love vi. 141 Get some sort of job, a paying job, to cover food and transportation. Compounds paying freight n. ΚΠ 1850 W. Hunter Let. 8 Aug. in Additional & Fresh Evid. of Pract. Working of Pirsson's Steam Condenser (1851) 13 One-third of the tonnage of the vessel, which is saved by economizing fuel, will be available for paying freight. 1986 Truck July 75/1 Running on those roads, with 26 tonnes of paying freight on board, produces exceptionally high earnings factor figures. paying guest n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger boarder1530 inmake1536 inmate1589 quarterer1595 commoner1598 tabler1598 by-settel1612 lodgera1616 inquilinea1641 pensioner1673 pensionnairea1794 Artful Dodger1839 paying guest1853 roomer1859 star boarder1875 pension-boarder1898 latchkey1905 PG1925 1853 E. G. Squier Trav. in Central Amer. II. xvi. 22 Up to the departure of the Commissioner, I had been in doubt as to my position in the house, whether I was a paying guest or otherwise. 1988 A. Desai Baumgartner's Bombay ii. 56 The Gentleman from Hamburg..found Frau Baumgartner a room as a paying guest. paying load n. ΚΠ 1846 Times 22 Jan. 7 The dead weight is usually two or three times the paying load. 1997 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 57 142 The capacity-to-tare ratio compares the paying load to the empty wagon's weight. paying patient n. ΚΠ 1843 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 188 The pauper..should not be consigned to a cage, though he be incurable, to make way for a curable paying patient. 1992 S. R. Eastaugh Health Econ. iv. vii. 172 Hospitals compete for market share of the paying-patient business, but no one competes for nonpaying patients. paying pupil n. ΚΠ 1851 Encycl. Americana (new ed.) X. 73/1 These, together with occasional private donations and funds, derived from paying-pupils..are the means by which it has been hitherto sustained and enabled to accomplish much good. 1989 W. Thompson Mozart (BNC) 47 He had even turned down paying pupils in order to give free lessons to Aloysia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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