Meed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /miːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meed is a noun meaning (now literary, archaic) A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward; award.
Meaning
(now literary, archaic) A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward; award.
More Meanings
- A gift; bribe.
- (transitive) To reward; bribe.
- (transitive) To deserve; merit.
- (dated) Merit; worth.
Example Sentences
In any case, his life would be in ignominy and would be brief, and he would have lost irretrievably the meed of valour.
The shed staff deserve their meed of praise for the result, but I believe that Driver Willie Bain is largely responsible.
[Poirot continued,] "And here a full meed of praise is due to Hastings, who made a simple and obvious remark to which no attention was paid."
Public gratitude, therefore, stamps her seal upon it, and the meed should not be withheld which may here after operate as a stimulus to our gallant tars.
Word Forms
- meeds
- meeding
- meeded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include recompence, recompense, consideration, desert, guerdon, compensation.
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