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  • 101reward — re•ward [[t]rɪˈwɔrd[/t]] n. 1) a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost property, etc 2) something given or received in return or recompense for services rendered, merit, hardship, etc 3) to… …

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  • 102reward — /rəˈwɔd / (say ruh wawd) noun 1. something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc. 2. a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc. –verb (t)… …

  • 103pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… …

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  • 104repay — [v1] give back money or possession accord, award, balance, compensate, indemnify, make amends, make restitution, make up for, offset, pay back, pay dues, rebate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, return, reward, settle… …

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  • 105quiet — [14] The Latin noun quiēs meant ‘quiet’ (it came from a prehistoric Indo European base *qwi ‘rest’, which also produced English while and the final syllable of tranquil). From it was derived the verb quiēscere ‘be still’ (source of English… …

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  • 106white —  1) to requite ; as, God white you, God requite you. Chesh. Var. Dial.  2) to blame ; you lean all the white off yourself, you remove all the blame from yourself.  See wite …

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  • 107requit — / kwitˈ/ transitive verb (pap (Shakespeare) requittˈed) (obsolete) To requite noun (Burns) Requital • • • Main Entry: ↑requite …

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  • 108Acquit — Ac*quit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to… …

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  • 109Acquitted — Acquit Ac*quit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear… …

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  • 110Acquitting — Acquit Ac*quit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear… …

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