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MAPUTO, 14 March 2009 (IRIN) - The plastic cap off a bottle of water, a twist of paper and a woven reed mat to serve as a tray are all that widow Fina Bota, 32, needs to sell roasted peanuts and earn a simple living in Mozambique's capital, Maputo.

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  1. noun A shallow flat receptacle with a raised edge or rim, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles.
  2. noun A shallow flat receptacle with its contents: took the patient a dinner tray.

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  • On the tray was a shoe box wrapped in milky plastic sheeting. —  Persuader by Lee Child
  • Under the tray was the envelope with the reservation. —  MacInnes, Helen - The Venetian Affair
  • One minute the tray was abandoned, the next minute gone. —  I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC! - Ray Bradbury
  • After loading the picture into the tray, the tray is inserted into the back of the —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Adding a tray is the main step toward enabling the feature. —  VideoHelp.com Forum
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  1. Middle English, from Old English trēg; see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern E, also treie; from Middle English treye, from Anglo-Saxon treg (glossed by L. alveolum), tray; connection with trough is doubtful.
  2. from Middle English traye, treie, treʒe, from Anglo-Saxon trega, vexation, annoyance, =Old Saxon trego =Icelandic tregi, grief, woe, =Goth, trigo, grief, sorrow; cf. tray, v.
  3. from Middle English trayen, traien, treʒen, from Anglo-Saxon tregian (=Old Saxon tregan =Icelandic trega), grieve, afflict. Cf. tray, n.
  4. from Middle English trayen, from Old French trair, betray, from Latin tradere, give up, surrender: see tradition. Cf. traitor, treason, from the same source. Cf. also traise.
  5. Middle English traye; from tray, v.
  6. Another spelling of trey.
 

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