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prepay(dictionary)
prepay(dictionary)

domain (iou) and prepay (iou)


domain (iou)



domain noun. LME.
[French domaine alt. (by assoc. with Latin dominus lord, master) of Old French demaine, demeine DEMESNE.]
= DEMESNE noun 1. rare. LME-M17.
(A) heritable property; (an) estate or territory held in possession; lands, dominions. LME.
W. S. Churchill The Electoral Prince of Bavaria, heir to prodigious Domains. A. J. Toynbee The traveller..is entering the former domain of the Inca Empire.
b. An area under rule or influence; the area of activity of a person, institution, etc. M18.
P. Norman Nanny Belmayne's domain begins at the top of the first flight of stairs.
c. A public park, a recreation-ground; the Domain, a park in Sydney popular for speech-making. Austral. & NZ. L19.
d. Physics. In a ferromagnetic material, a region in which all the atoms or ions are magnetically aligned in the same direction. E20.
A sphere of thought or operation; the situations where a particular science, law, etc., is applicable. M18.
J. Mackintosh Contracting..the domain of brutal force and of arbitrary will. G. B. Shaw An astronomer whose mental domain is the universe.
Math. A set with two binary operations defined by postulates stronger than those for a ring but weaker than those for a field. L19.
Math. The set of values that the independent variable of a function can take. E20.
Logic. The class of all terms bearing a given relation to a given term. E20.
B. Russell If paternity be the relation, fathers form its domain.
Computing. A subset of locations on the Internet or Other network which share a common element of their IP address (indicating a geographical, commercial or Other affiliation), or which are under the control of a particular organization or individual. L20.
Phrases: eminent domain Law superiority of the sovereign power over all property in a State, with constitutional right of expropriation in the public interest. in the public domain: see PUBLIC adjective.
Comb.: domain name Computing the part of a network address which identifies it as belonging to a particular domain; Domain orator Austral. a person who makes public speeches in the Domain.
domainal adjective M19.

prepay (iou)



prepay verb trans. . M19.
[from PRE- 1 + PAY verb1.]
Pay postage on (a letter, parcel, etc.) before posting. M19.
Pay (a charge) in advance. E20.
prepayable adjective that may or must be prepaid L19.
prepayment noun the action of prepaying something, (a) payment in advance M19.