Gavel

noun

/ˈɡa.vəl/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounRent.

2.nounUsury; interest on money.

3.nounAn old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally.

4.verbTo divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

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