meed

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward; award.
2. A gift; bribe.
3. (dated) Merit; worth.

Verb

1. (transitive) To reward; bribe.
2. (transitive) To deserve; merit.

Synonyms

reward

premium

prise

prize

recompense

carrot

🥕

guerdon

award

Translations

salario

💸

ricompensa

Lohn

loon

prijs

gratificación

premio

galardón

recompensa al mérito

hak

mükafat

الجائزة

ödül

βραβείο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/miːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: meede

Inherited from Old English: mēd

Cognate with Dutch: miede

Cognate with Low German: mede

Cognate with German: Miete

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μισθός

Cognate with Church Slavic: мьзда

Cognate with Sanskrit: मीळ्ह

Cognate with Sanskrit: मीढ

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀

Inherited from Middle English: meden

Inherited from Old English: *mēdian

Cognate with German: mieten

In summary

From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”).
Cognate with obsolete Dutch miede (“wages”), Low German Meed (“rent”), German Miete (“rent”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉 (mizdō, “meed, reward, payment, recompense”); further Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Sanskrit मीळ्ह (mīḷhá), Sanskrit मीढ (mīḍhá), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda).