单词 | unpay |
释义 | unpayv.1 Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease mislikeeOE ofthinkeOE misquemeOE likec1175 forthinka1225 mispay?c1225 annoyc1300 there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300 unpay1340 offenda1382 to be displeasedc1386 to step or tread on the toes ofc1394 mispleasea1400 unlikea1425 edgec1450 injurea1492 discontenta1513 disdain1530 to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535 displeasure1541 mis-set?1553 dislike1578 to tread on any one's heels or toes1710 flisk1792 unentrance1834 to tread on any one's cornsa1855 umbragea1894 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 50 Glotounye..is a vice þet þe dyeuel is moche myde ypayd, and moche onpayþ god. 2. transitive. To refuse or fail to pay (a debt, charge, etc.). Formerly also with person as object. Chiefly Scottish in earlier use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > not pay [verb (transitive)] unpay1509 1509 in A. J. Mill Mediaeval Plays in Scotl. (1927) 231 For..all his playing one the bovme fee vnpait hym a penny for all the tyme. 1515 Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 409/1 At every viage..he frelie and unpaying ony custumez may discharge and charge [etc.]. 1540 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 173 To..poind the personis for the rest of the taxt..of thame that hes vnpayit the samen. 1632 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 347 William Melvill qua depairtit out of the Yles of Waikit..unpaying the conservator and minister dewes. 1697 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) i. 162 Mr. Elways did..grant unto his tennants..all their land to be tithetfree, which they have unpay'd untill this time. a1916 R. J. E. Tiddy Mummers' Play (1923) 205 I see you pay or unpay in the morning. 2006 K. Saito et al. in Z. Despotovic et al. Agents & Peer-to-peer Computing 53 Keeping the good practice..maintains the trust model, and prevents offenders from getting away with unpaying the cost of trust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unpayv.2ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 121 Pay her the debt you owe her, and vnpay the villany you haue done with her. View more context for this quotation 2. transitive. To reverse the payment of (a debt, charge, etc.); to render or consider unpaid. Also with back. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)] reversea1393 converta1425 undo1426 unmakec1450 recommencea1513 unweave1542 mismake1575 resubstantiate1584 unspin1587 remit1591 retrievea1596 remetamorphose1598 remorphize1603 reconvert1609 unlive1621 unravel1637 relapse1652 to bring about1680 uncoin1833 unpay1842 reset1846 revert1856 unweb1882 1842 E. B. Barrett Let. 2 Mar. in Lett. Brownings to George Barrett (1958) 78 I think I must propose unpaying back—i.e. the taking off of a half guinea for every supernumerary column. 1905 B. Stoker Man xxi. 256 The debts have been paid, and we can't unpay them. 1965 Calif. Law Rev. 53 272 If compensatio be automatic and the demands paid to the extent they are equal, how can the running of the statute of limitation ‘unpay’ them? 2005 J. T. Fee Rep. U.S. Tax Court 124 62 Once he paid his tax for 1996, the IRS was without authority to ‘unpay’ it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.11340v.21600 |
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