Price; terms; salary.
1712. [It] shall be sold … at the same lay as the residue of the land.—‘Connecticut Col. Records’ (1870), v. 333. (N.E.D.)
1775. Provided there can be more built at an easier lay in the country by the company.—‘New Hampshire Prov. Papers’ (1873), vii. 425. (N.E.D.)
1792. [I am going to Africa as] Land Surveyor General, on a pretty good lay.—B. Marston, ‘New England Hist. and Geneal. Register’ (1873), xxvii. 399. (N.E.D.)
1816. He bought a large drove [of cattle] at a good lay.—Mass. Spy, Sept. 4: from The Connecticut Courier.
1855. A few months saw him handling the ropes upon a whaler, at a good “lay.”—S. A. Hammett (‘Philip Paxton’), ‘Captain Priest,’ p. 49.
