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DEAD-PAY

\dˈɛdpˈe͡ɪ], \dˈɛdpˈe‍ɪ], \d_ˈɛ_d_p_ˈeɪ]\

Definitions of DEAD-PAY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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