Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead-pay

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
dead---pay
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A dead soldier whose pay is illicitly claimed by another person.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

dead-pays (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mortpay

Questions

What does dead-pay mean?
Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.

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