slovodefinícia
pay dirt
(encz)
pay dirt,
Pay dirt
(gcide)
Pay \Pay\, n.
1. Satisfaction; content. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or
services performed; salary or wages for work or service;
compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a
clerk; the pay of a soldier.
[1913 Webster]

Where only merit constant pay receives. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]

Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay;
especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or
military officers of a certain rank, without deductions.


Half pay. See under Half.

Pay day, the day of settlement of accounts.

Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the
miner. [Western U.S.]

Pay office, a place where payment is made.

Pay roll,
(a) a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with
the amounts due; now usually one word, payroll.
(b) the total sum of money which is paid to all employees
on payday.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Pay dirt
(gcide)
Pay dirt \Pay dirt\, Pay rock \Pay rock\, etc.
1. (Mining) Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the
miner. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. a discovery, especially after an exploratory process,
which yields a profit or sought-after benefit; -- used
especially in the phrase "to hit pay dirt".
[PJC]
pay dirt
(wn)
pay dirt
n 1: ore that yields a substantial profit to the miner
2: a profitable success; "the inventor worked for years before
hitting pay dirt"
podobné slovodefinícia
Pay dirt
(gcide)
Pay \Pay\, n.
1. Satisfaction; content. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or
services performed; salary or wages for work or service;
compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a
clerk; the pay of a soldier.
[1913 Webster]

Where only merit constant pay receives. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]

Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay;
especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or
military officers of a certain rank, without deductions.


Half pay. See under Half.

Pay day, the day of settlement of accounts.

Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the
miner. [Western U.S.]

Pay office, a place where payment is made.

Pay roll,
(a) a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with
the amounts due; now usually one word, payroll.
(b) the total sum of money which is paid to all employees
on payday.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Pay dirt \Pay dirt\, Pay rock \Pay rock\, etc.
1. (Mining) Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the
miner. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. a discovery, especially after an exploratory process,
which yields a profit or sought-after benefit; -- used
especially in the phrase "to hit pay dirt".
[PJC]

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