Pay and discharge

  • 1School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document — The School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) is an annually published document which forms a part of the contract of all teachers and head teachers in maintained schools in England and Wales. The document is binding on all maintained… …

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  • 2pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has …

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  • 3pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has …

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  • 4pay\ off — v. phr. 1. To pay the wages of. The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday. 2. To pay and discharge from a job. When the building was completed he paid off the laborers. 3. To hurt (someone) who has done… …

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  • 5pay off — 1. Pay and discharge (as hired men). 2. Punish, pay, take revenge upon, retort upon, retaliate, be quits, be even with, give a quid pro quo. 3. (Naut.) Fall off, fall to leeward, fall off from the wind …

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  • 6Pay — Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered,… …

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  • 7Discharge — Dis*charge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discharging}.] [OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF. deschargier, F. d[ e]charger; pref. des (L. dis) + chargier, F. charger. See {Charge}.] 1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to …

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  • 8discharge — (1) The action of releasing a lien or the document in which the creditor relinquishes a lien. Also known as a satisfaction, a release, a reconveyance, or an extinguishment. However, release tends to be used in connection with both real and… …

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  • 9pay — pay1 /pay/, v., paid or (Obs. except for defs. 12, 24c) payed; paying; n., adj. v.t. 1. to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill. 2. to give over (a certain amount of… …

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  • 10discharge — 1. verb 1) after his third violation, Vance was discharged Syn: dismiss, eject, expel, throw out, give someone notice; release, let go, fire, terminate; Military cashier; informal sack, give someone the sack, boot out, give someone the boot, turf …

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