pavan | (noun) a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pavane |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the pavane | Synonyms: pavane |
pavane | (noun) a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pavan |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the pavane | Synonyms: pavan |
pave | (noun) a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows | - |
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pavement | (noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare | Synonyms: paving |
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(noun) walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | Synonyms: sidewalk |
(noun) material used to pave an area | Synonyms: paving, paving material |
pavilion | (noun) large and often sumptuous tent | Synonyms: marquee |
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paving | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: pavage |
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(noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare | Synonyms: pavement |
(noun) material used to pave an area | Synonyms: pavement, paving material |
pavior | (noun) a machine for laying pavement | Synonyms: paving machine, paviour |
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paviour | (noun) a machine for laying pavement | Synonyms: paving machine, pavior |
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pavis | (noun) (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | Synonyms: pavise |
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pavise | (noun) (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | Synonyms: pavis |
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pavlova | (noun) a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream | - |
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pavonia | (noun) any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers | - |
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paw | (noun) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped | - |
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(noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: hand, manus, mitt |
pawer | (noun) a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner | - |
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pawl | (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, detent, dog |
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pawn | (noun) borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan | - |
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(noun) (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank | - |
(noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, instrument |
(noun) an article deposited as security | - |
pawnbroker | (noun) a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security | - |
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pawnshop | (noun) a shop where loans are made with personal property as security | Synonyms: loan office, pawnbroker's shop |
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pawpaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: papaw |
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(noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree |
(noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree |
pax | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist | Synonyms: kiss of peace |
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pay | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, remuneration, salary, wage |
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payable | (noun) a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | Synonyms: account payable |
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payables | (noun) money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts | - |
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payback | (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | Synonyms: retribution, vengeance |
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(noun) financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | - |
paycheck | (noun) a check issued in payment of wages or salary | Synonyms: payroll check |
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payday | (noun) the day on which you receive pay for your work | - |
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payee | (noun) a person to whom money is paid | - |
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payer | (noun) a person who pays money for something | Synonyms: remunerator |
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paygrade | (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, rating |
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payload | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, shipment |
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(noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: load, warhead |
paymaster | (noun) a person in charge of paying wages | - |
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payment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, defrayment |
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(noun) an act of requiting; returning in kind | Synonyms: requital |
(noun) a sum of money paid or a claim discharged | - |
paynim | (noun) a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) | - |
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payoff | (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: reward, wages |
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(noun) the final payment of a debt | Synonyms: final payment |
(noun) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment | Synonyms: bribe |
(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
payola | (noun) a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record | - |
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paypig | (noun) A sexually submissive male | - |
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payroll | (noun) the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee | Synonyms: payroll department |
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(noun) a list of employees and their salaries | Synonyms: paysheet |
(noun) the total amount of money paid in wages | Synonyms: paysheet |
paysheet | (noun) a list of employees and their salaries | Synonyms: payroll |
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(noun) the total amount of money paid in wages | Synonyms: payroll |
payslip | (noun) a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out | - |
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paywall | (noun) A mechanism used to limit access to only paying users | - |
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