Unpaid

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8.]

  1.  Of persons: To whom payment has not been made; not receiving payment.

1375.  Barbour, Bruce, I. 257. Quhethir he his lordis neid suld let, And pay fryst that he awcht,… Or leve onpayit his wyff.

1464.  Paston Lett., Suppl. (1901), 83. I trow I xall be fayn to contente hem or ellys they xall be unpayyd.

1568.  Grafton, Chron., II. 313. A number of the souldyours … whome king Peter promised to pay, came home agayne vnpayde.

1586.  Sir A. Poulet, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., Ser. I. III. 10. Yf they shall say that they are unpayd of their wages.

1627.  Drayton, Battle of Agincourt, xliii. The Church to pawne, would see her Challice layde, E’r shee would leaue one Pyoner vnpayde.

a. 1658.  Lovelace, Poems (1904), 125. Whilst thy unpay’d Musicians, Crickets, sing.

1728.  Pope, Dunc., II. 110. That suit, an unpay’d tailor snatch’d away!

1769.  Burke, Obs. ‘Pres. St. Nat.,’ 8. If her armies are three years unpaid.

1837.  McCulloch, Acc. Brit. Empire, II. 646. The risks arising from the frequent defaults of the unpaid overseers.

1891.  Daily News, 27 June, 5/1. Unpaid children … went to their work at six o’clock in the morning.

  b.  With for. (Cf. 3.)

1611.  Shaks., Cymb., V. v. 307. Wilt thou vndoo the worth thou art vnpayd for By tasting of our wrath?

1618.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Penniless Pilgr., Wks. (1630), 123. Master Taylor … Vnask’d (vnpaid for) me both lodg’d and fed.

  c.  The (Great) Unpaid, the class of unpaid magistrates or justices.

1826.  Edin. Rev., 441. We beg to be acquitted of all intention of affronting, or attacking the Great Unpaid.

1826.  Examiner, 727/2. The miserable canting spirit which actuates the ‘Unpaid’

  2.  Not handed over or given in payment; not discharged or cleared off by payment.

1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), IV. 117. Lisia … wente into Pers, ffor þe tribute was unpayde.

1424.  Paston Lett., I. 16. The fees and the wages of the seid William … unpayed draweth a gret some to hys pouere degree.

1491.  Act 7 Hen. VII., c. 20 § 5. As often as it shall happen the seid annuall rent … to be behynd and unpayd in part or in all.

1507.  Rec. St. Mary at Hill, 25. Yff it happ y^e said yerly ferme of v marke … to be behynd … by a monithe vnpaid.

1547.  in Feuillerat, Revels Edw. VI. (1914), 26. The sum…, as by the bookes … dothe apere more at large, is vnpayd.

1606.  Arraignm. & Execution Late Traitors (Hindley II), 7. That his wife might have her jointure…, his sisters their legacies in his hand unpaid.

1661.  Morgan, Sph. Gentry, IV. iii. 41. The party whose portion shall appear to be unpayed.

1764.  Goldsm., Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772), II. 20. Alexander … was indebted to him a large sum, which was still unpaid.

1848.  Thackeray, Van. Fair, lii. A long arrear of unpaid wages.

1878.  J. Davidson, Inverurie & Garioch, 349. The fines remaining unpaid.

  fig.  1421.  Hoccleve, Min. Poems, 169/817. His brothres reward had nat been vnpayed, Nad promesse of the Emperour him bownde To pardon.

1667.  Milton, P. L., V. 779. How we may best … Receive him coming to receive from us Knee-tribute yet unpaid.

1710[?].  Congreve, To Sir G. Kneller. Fame due to vast desert is kept in store, Unpay’d, till the deserver is no more.

1791.  Cowper, Iliad, I. 112. The seer … spake, Nor vow nor hecatomb unpaid on us He charges.

  b.  Of debts or bills: Undischarged.

1483.  Act 1 Ric. III., c. 2. Many worshipful Men … live in great Penury…, their Debts unpaid, and their Children unpreferred.

1492–3.  Rec. St. Mary at Hill, 194. Olde dettes that have be lefte vnpayde by the cherch wardenys.

1681.  R. Knox, Hist. Ceylon, vii. 149. The Interest never runs up higher, tho the Debt lye seven years unpaid.

1754.  in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874), 52. A just true and lawful debt wholly resting unpaid.

1781.  Cowper, Retirem., 559. Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid.

1887.  Gunter, Mr. Barnes, xiii. 96. She remembers she has unpaid bills.

  c.  Not rendered or discharged.

1611.  Shaks., Cymb., III. v. 48. She pray’d me to excuse her keeping close, Whereto constrain’d, She should that dutie leaue vnpaide to you Which dayly she was bound to proffer.

1717.  Pope, Elegy Mem. Unfort. Lady, 48. What can atone … Thy fate unpity’d, and thy rites unpaid? Ibid. (1725), Odyss. XV. 213. With him all night the youthful strangers staid, Nor found the hospitable rites unpay’d.

  3.  Not paid for. Also without prep.

1465.  Paston Lett., II. 233. [If] the blak hose be payid for, he wyll send the roset un-payd for.

1552.  in Feuillerat, Revels Edw. VI. (1914), 124. The like charges of the said lorde … beinge yet behinde and vnpaid for.

1611.  Shaks., Cymb., III. iii. 24. Rustling in vnpayd-for Silke.

1653.  W. Ramesey, Astrol. Restored, To Rdr. 11. The Drapers cloth on their back,… and all unpaid for.

1827.  Pollok, Course T., VIII. 433. A show unpaid for, paying to be seen!

1886.  C. E. Pascoe, Lond. of To-day, xliii. (ed. 3), 379. Letters posted unpaid are charged double postage.

1895.  Ld. Farrer, in Westm. Gaz., 19 Feb., 2/1. I did not know before I joined the Council how good and how zealous unpaid work can be.

  Hence Unpaidish a. (from sense 1 c).

1829.  E. Elliott, Village Patriarch, III. ix. Mark his unpaidish sneer, his lordly frown.