To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
Synonym of fief: the land so held.
An inheritable estate in land, whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail).
An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.
To hire or let in periods of service.
To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
To work as a jobber.
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
To take the loss.
A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
A sex act.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
A task.
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
Plastic surgery.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.