Definition of Merces

1. a reward [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merces

mercerisation
mercerise
mercerised
mercerises
mercerising
mercerization
mercerizations
mercerize
mercerized
mercerizes
mercerizing
mercers
mercership
mercerships
mercery
merces (current term)
merch
merchand
merchanded
merchanding
merchandisable
merchandise
merchandised
merchandiser
merchandisers
merchandises
merchandising
merchandisings
merchandize
merchandized

Literary usage of Merces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Yet it merely brings us back to the word merces, airea ly correctly assigned by ... ALM the word misericordia mentioned four times, and merces wholly nored, ..."

2. The Military Forces of the Crown: Their Administration and Government by Charles Mathew Clode (1869)
"... is " not merces, but honorarium." ' " Honour," as Adam Smith wrote," makes a great part of the reward of all honour- professions. ..."

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