That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
Having won a prize; award-winning.
First-rate; exceptional.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
The management of another's affairs.
A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
The act of procuring; procurement.