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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mortpaynoun

    Dead pay; payment not made.

    Etymology: mort and pay.

    This parliament was merely a parliament of war, with some statutes conducing thereunto; as the severe punishing of mortpayes, and keeping back of soldiers wages. Francis Bacon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mortpaynoun

    dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers

  2. Etymology: [F. mort dead + E. pay.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mortpay in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mortpay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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