Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A certain space of time; respite.
  • To sell upon credit, as goods.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To sell upon credit, as goods.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A certain space or period of time; respite.
  • noun A delay; respite.
  • noun Credit; trust.
  • verb transitive To sell (goods) on trust or credit.
  • verb To grant respite.
  • verb To give a debtor credit or time for payment.
  • verb transitive, intransitive To defer; postpone.

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