Dead-pay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dead-pay is a noun meaning Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.
Meaning
Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.
More Meanings
- A dead soldier whose pay is illicitly claimed by another person.
Example Sentences
c. 1621-1626, Philip Massinger, The Unnatural Combat O you commanders, / That, like me, have no dead-pays.
Word Forms
- dead-pays
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include payroll, paylist, outstandings, arrear, stop-loss, billpaying.
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