An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
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 reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
A process of compensation for losses.
The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.