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mise

Pronunciation: /miːz/

The English word “mise” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The issue in a writ of right.
  2. Expense; cost; disbursement.
  3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the county palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom.

verb

  1. To make a risky move with no regard for the consequences when the alternative is certain defeat.

Etymology

Borrowed from French mise (“a putting, setting, expense”).

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