2. In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.
PAYMENT
Pay"ment, n. Etym: [F. payment, paiement. See Pay to requite.]
1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon.
2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. Shak.
3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]
PAYN
Payn, n. Etym: [OF. & F. pain, fr. L. panis bread.]
Defn: Bread. Having Piers Plowman.
PAYNDEMAIN Payn`de*main", n. Etym: [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.]
Defn: The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; — called also paynemain, payman. [Obs.]
PAYNE'S PROCESS
Payne's process.