noun
Meaning 1
The issue in a writ of right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Standard Lemma guide
mise
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/miːz/
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/maɪz/
noun
Meaning 2
Expense; cost; disbursement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the county palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 4
To make a risky move with no regard for the consequences when the alternative is certain defeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: games, gaming
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from French mise (“a putting, setting, expense”).
Contraction of might as well.