meed
[noun]
Synonyms: reward, carrot, dividend, guerdon, plum, premium, prize, ration, allotment, allowance, apportionment, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, share

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Related Words: recompensing, satisfaction, desert, due, merit

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meed noun. [mi:d]
[Old English mēd = Old Frisian mēde, Old Saxon mēda, mieda, Old High German mēta, mieta (German Miete), from West Germanic, rel. to Old English meord, Gothic mizdō (from Germanic), Greek misthos reward.]
1. Orig., something given in return for labour or service, or for (good or ill) desert; recompense, reward. Later, a reward or prize given for excellence or achievement; one's merited portion of praise, honour, etc. Now arch. & literary. OE.
■ B. M. Croker All the..senior ladies, had received their due meed of attention.
b. A gift. rare. Only in E17.
■ Shakespeare Timon of Athens No meed but he repays Sevenfold above itself.

2. Reward dishonestly offered or accepted; bribery. ME-E19.

3. Merit, excellence, worth. LME-L18.
■ Shakespeare 3 Henry VI My meed hath got me fame.

4. A fair share or proportion of. E20.
Daily Telegraph The Golden Age had its meed of tin goods.

■ meedless adjective LME-L18.

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