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One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford. The sizar paid nothing for food and

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One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford. The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little for lodging. Macaulay. Note: They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th Size, 2.

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• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• PAYEE
  The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.
• PAYABLE
  1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Drayton. Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. South. That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value. Matured; now due.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• NOTHINGNESS
  1. Nihility; nonexistence. 2. The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
• PASSOVER
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• PASSUS
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• HAVELOCK
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• PASSIBILITY
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• PASSIONAL
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• PASSIVE FLIGHT
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• CORRESPOND
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• CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
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• PASSIFLORA
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• HAVE
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• REPAYMENT
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• ASCERTAINABLE
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