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Word Meanings - BRIBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

, LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi 1. A gift begged; a present. Chaucer. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the

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, LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi 1. A gift begged; a present. Chaucer. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. Hobart. 3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement. Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everAkenside.

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  • GUERDONABLE
    Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
  • REWARDFUL
    Yielding reward.
  • PUNISHER
    One who inflicts punishment.
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • PUNISHABLE
    Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness,
  • RECOMPENSER
    One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
  • BRIBER
    1. A thief. Lydgate. 2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. 3. That which bribes; a bribe. His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak.
  • BONUS
    A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier. 2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits. 3. Money paid
  • RECOMPENSEMENT
    Recompense; requital. Fabyan.
  • REWARDLESS
    Having, or affording, no reward.
  • REWARD
    To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
  • SUBORNER
    One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.
  • BOUNTY
    bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity;
  • ENCOURAGEMENT
    1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward,
  • SUBORN
    To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell. 2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate. Thou art suborned against
  • GUERDONLESS
    Without reward or guerdon.
  • REWARDABLE
    Worthy of reward. -- Re*ward"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*ward"a*bly, adv.
  • PUNISHMENT
    A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention. (more info) 1. The act of punishing. 2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person
  • BRIBE
    , LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi 1. A gift begged; a present. Chaucer. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the
  • SHOREWARD
    Toward the shore.
  • PURCHASE
    purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, 1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. Chaucer. That loves the thing he can not purchase. Spenser. Your accent is Something finer than you could
  • OVERPRIZE
    Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.
  • APPRIZER
    A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. An appraiser.
  • RECOMPENSE
    recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for;
  • APPRIZEMENT
    Appraisement.
  • OUTPRIZE
    To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. Shak.
  • FOREPRIZE
    To prize or rate beforehand. Hooker.
  • YEAR'S PURCHASE
    The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property; -- used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in reckoning the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.

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