Word: mortpays
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mort
pays
Definition: Plural of mortpay
Morphemes:
Affix: mortpay
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mort
Language: fr
Decoded: mort
Meaning: dead
Affix: pay
Language: en
Decoded: pay
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.